I wish that he would allow me to state briefly. if I may. the situation in my State. which I know pretty well. I am a native. My father and mother were both migrants. having both come into our State. one from Virginia. and one from Georgia. They found a home there. However. they did not happen to be agricultural migrant workers. It happens that the greater part of the people who employ migrant agricultural workers are themselves people who have come from other States. who have migrated into our State. people who know something of the aches and pains of displacement. as well as having tried hard over a period of years to establish themselves on a substantial basis. May I say that around the Lake many of the people who have been there any period of time are ones who were affected by great hurricanes. one of them In 1926. that took 300 human lives. and another one. in 1928. that took 2.200 human lives. The people who stayed were hardy souls. Many of them can count missing places in their own family groups still. as a result of those hurricanes. They stayed and fought inadequate drainage which had taken place up to that time. a lack of knowledge of the quality of the soil. or muck. as the case might be. and the other difficulties of combating the weather and finding crops which could be successful. They have made good. after terrific strain and effort. and I think they are kindly people. who know something of the difficulties facing the migrants. In our citrus industry. may I say. much the same situation exists. That industry was wiped out in the 1890s. and then again almost wiped out later. in this century. and many fainthearted people left their investments of a lifetime and went to other places.
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