Usually some feature writer of a newspaper will do a story every few months on one of these individuals. Unfortunately. however. the plight of one of the largest poverty groups is often neglected. I am speaking of the migrant worker and his children. Anyone who thinks about the difficulties in educating children who are constantly on the move and whose parents barely live on a subsistence level can see that something needs to be done. Recently a group of aware students formed a group to aid these children in their difficult situation. They visited my office and offered to help spreadthe word of the Volunteer Service Corps which will be patterned on the District of Columbias Urban Service Corps except that it will deal specifically with migrant children. The students represent the intercollegiate committee on migrant children and the National Federation of Catholic College Students. Their purpose was to see what they could do to ease the plight of the migrant children. Mr. President. two newspapers have reported on the activities of the students involved in this project. I ask for unanimous consent to have printed in the Appendix of the RECORD. the June 9 news apicle in the Washington Post entitled. "Students Seek to Aid Migrants." and the May 17 Newark Evening News article entitled. "Westfield Coed Carries Ball." There .being no objection. the article was ordered to be printed in the RECORD. as follows: [From the Washington Post. June 9. 1962]
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