Mr: Chairman. despite thewbenefits thatPublicLaw 78 may have provided in the past. both to the United States and Mexico. experience gained over the last few years offers some startling facts concerning the migrant labor program. These facts must form the firm basis for rejecting any extension of Public Law 78. The number of migrant farm laborers coming across the border to work the farm areas in the Southwest and California has dropped dramatically over the past 5 years. In 1959. 437.643 Mexican farm laborers came to the United States for temporary employment. but last year only 194.978 braceros entered the United States.. The desire for this type of work on U.S. farms has slackened so sharply that less than half of those previously coming to the United States now seek entry.