And we see in education some States who have taken great strides. But we cant expect States to do it alone when they know their neighboring State with whom their farmers compete are not doing anything. We know that just about everybody in this country has some Federal support for adequate housing through FHA or whatever the program is. except the farm communityand the migrant farmer is the most poorly housed member of our society. Mr. MuRRow. Senator WILLIAMS. a Democrat. and Secretary of Labor Mitchell. a Republican. have called for legislation which will probably come before the next session of Congress. And only last week President Eisenhower made the Presidential Committee on Migrants a permanent body. But the real problem is that there are many kinds of farmers and many kinds of crops. The big. mechanized grain and dairy farmers use little or no migrant labor. Some of the major canneries do pay fair wages and provide adequate housing. However. it must be stated that most of the fruit and vegetable farmers find it economically impossible to build good housing. like this. to be used only 6 weeks a year.
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