But none matched the devastating condemnation of Ed Murrows "Harvest of Shame." screenedunder protest from Americaby BBC last night. From the London Daily Telegraph of March 22. 1961. "Sordid LivingU.S. Halvest Migrants": Wages are pathetically low. One Negress described how she spent almost 9 hours in the sun picking beans for a mere dollar while four children waited at home to be fed. But despite the sordid conditions there seemed little despair among the workers. From the London Daily Mail of March 22. 1961. "Peter Blacks Teleview": According to Murrow. the Eisenhower. regime allotted $6.500.000 to preserve migrant bird life. but failed to implement the $3.500.000 budget for the education of the children of these workers. The principal point I want to make is this: This is not new legislation. it is merely an extension of an existing law. If we now retract in panic or act in any way that reflects a national guilty conscience in our treatment of this legislation. it could be interpreted as consent and agreement by the Congress to all of the ills that were pictorially and orally misrepresented in the "Harvest of Shame." If we pass this legislation as proposed by the committee we are in effect saying: "Yes. we recognize that the standard of living. the wage structure and educational opportunities for the migratory workers are not as high as we want them to be." We have evidence in every State that there has been continual improvement in the status of these workers and we are dedicated to the objective that the improvement shall continue.
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