Many of these children live under abominable conditions. and their educational neglect makes them the largest single source of illiterates in the Nation. The United States Office of Education has estimated that 600.000 of them are not even getting a publicschool education. and the United States Childrens Bureau has reported that few of them ever get to see a doctor. a teacher. a nurse. or a welfare worker. According to a presidential commission a few years ago. the average yearly earnings for an adult migrant farm worker amounted to about $520 a year. And yet these migrants are excluded from the Federal minimumwage law and from the benefits of nearly all social and labor legislation. Most State childlabor laws usually do not apply to the children. and far too few communities make any real effort to encourage their regular school attendance. The National Child Labor Committee is to be warmly commended for its current campaign to expand educational opportunities for this most neglected group of our young citizens.
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