Crime has increased many fold In some of these communities where labor has been sent in. One justice of the peace wrote me that he had five cases involving migratory workers on the morning he wrote me. The welfare director of one county has sent me a plea for Federal assistance in the payment of medical and hospital expenses involving these workers. One press account says: Residents are plagued with drunks on streets and disorderly conduct resulting from drinking. Three migrant workers died in the last 2 days from drinking paint thinner. Such reports as this did not appear in the papers when the bracero program was in operation. Mr.
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Migratory workers are associated with increased crime, public intoxication, and disorderly conduct.