His statement continues: I would like to point out to this distinguished committee that in each of the areas where an inquiry was made. we discovered similar social. economic. family. and moral problems. It was true in housing which could consist. we found. in a barn with 30 men living inside. or 5 men quartered in a cinderblock building next to a pig tank. Whether we speak of his wages. his power to bargain collectively. his working and living environment. his health conditions. or his benefits under social legislation. the migrant worker is at the bottom of the ladder. Credit Is due. however. to those farm employers. who have in some instances provided such things as accident insurance or fairly decent housing for the migrant and his family. These. we found. were exceptional. Further. we have seen the direct and adverse effects which the entry of braceros into our country under Public Law 78 has had upon our own domestic workers. First. the availability of 400.000 foreign workers last year forced domestic workers and their families to seek work in other States. We have learned that for the most part migrant farmworkers in the North Central States are U.S. citizens of Mexican ancestry whose residence is in Texas. With the presence of thousands of braceros in Texas. wage rates were lowered to a level which forced the migrant worker and his family to seek work elsewhere. Mr. Speaker.