Mr. President. many migrant agricultural families have learned to accept serious illness and disease as a normal part of life. Americas high standard of living and advanced public health measures have not reached the lives of migrant workers. the lowest income group of our Nation. The most elementary preventive health measures are not taken by many of the migrants. In addition. because of their continual movement from area to area. migrants are unable to partake of community health services suited for a more settled population. On August 25 the Senate passed a bill to provide Federal grants for local health programs in areas seriously affected by the seasonable impact of migrant agricultural workers. As sponsor of this bill and as chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor. I am greatly encouraged by this action. The Senates passage of the bill is a great step forward in the extension to migrant families of basic health services which have been available to the general public for many years. I look forward to the family health service clinics and the projects to improve health services and conditions which the bill will stimulate. An article which appeared in the August 15 Asbury Park Press. "Migrant Families Get Health Service." describes a health service for migrant families in Monmouth County. N.J. The Monmouth County Organization for Social Service has sponsored a mobile health unit. a converted house trailer. The unit travels to farms and provides physical examinations. inoculations. tuberculosis. and other tests. and health advice to migrant families. This health service is a fine example of one of the ways in which services can be adapted to suit migrant families. I am hopeful that with aid provided by national legislation. communities throughout the Nation will provide health services for migrant families. Only with services available on a nationwide basis can the health of these mobile people be improved significantly. Because the Asbury Park Press article. "Migrant Families Get Health Service." provides a clear account of one type of health service for migrant families. I ask unanimous consent that the article be printed in the RECORD at this point.
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