Speech #880063316

The board wishes It to be expressly understood that it is not within its province to pass judgment on the merit of Public Law 78 as it pertains to the economy of the United States. but the board feels a direct responsibility for the educational and sociological chaos that would quite likely result from the termination of the law. The board has made no broad generalizations for the Nation but has limited Its function in this matter to its intimate knowledge of what would happen in Salinas and its environs if Public Law 78 were not reenacted. 1. Thousands of migrant. shortterm laborers would descend upon us. Many of them would have families with children of school age. 2. There would not be adequate housing available to them. 3.