The Congressmans uncanny "Freudian slip" (which you quoted)-"a shameless [sic] piece of legislation"-is typical of one who attempts to use inflammatory language erroneously and unfairly. The legislation is shamelessthe most effective. successful. humanitarian solution yet devised for a persistent. difficult socialeconomic problem. The shameful aspect of this whole matter is that some would attempt to defeat the bracero program by promoting and glamorizing this cruel migrant existence. To write with accuracy and empathy on this issue. you should live with a migrant farm family. Their existence is a pathetic plight. especially for the innocent children. Living a month here. a month there. from one harvest to the next. in one school and out of another. different teachers. few friends. no stability. no roots. no home. Constant movement from school to school cheats them and their classmates of an education. This nomadic way of life is shameful. abnormal and unAmerican. Persons who attempt to glamorize and promote the migrant way of existence are perpetuating a cruel delusion upon an already unfortunate segment of our socialeconomic soicety. People with pens have higher responsibilities for accuracy and integrity than people who scream in the streets. It seems unfair for an editor (or any Congressman) representing areas where wages are less than $1.40 an hour to criticize or attempt to defeat a successful program which is essential to farmers who pay the highest wages. Your condemnation of the bracero program which has worked to the satisfaction of those involvedthe worker. the employer. the domestic. the customerand your promotion of a migrant system for providing supplemental farm labor in peak harvest times is a shameful disservice to the industries. countries. and people involved. I shall leave to the Senate whether that body believes your claim that legislation which it introduces and passes is slipped through a back door by some sort of a power play. I trust you do not approve the tactics already used to prevent the Senate from acting on the merits of this legislation.
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Migrant existence is a pathetic plight, especially for the innocent children. Living a month here. a month there. from one harvest to the next. in one school and out of another. different teachers. few friends. no stability. no roots. no home.