Roma. and Rio Grande City. Without exception. these programs have been completely sold out. in terms of applicants for enrollment. In fact. hundreds of migrants have had to be turned down because of the amount of funds and resources available. Numerous requests have already been made to the migrant farmworker section of OEO for an enlarged program next year. I support and fully endorse these requests. Next years adult migrant education program for south Texas should service a minimum of 25.000 persons. In San Antonio alone. at least 5.000 persons should have the chance for this training and education. The Sunday. March 6. issue of the San Antonio Light carried a story on the adult migrant education program. The story contains this observation: Most of the enrollees are seasonal farmhands and many of them are tired of making the annual trek to outofState farmwork. The story goes on to quote Domingo Villegas. 57. one of the students: I want to learn to read and write and learn a trade. I have 19 grandchildren and my sons and daughters have too many mouths to feed. The south Texas adult migrant education program has demonstrated beyond any doubt that migrant farmworkers want to be better educated and better employed. I believe the Federal Government should help these people with training and educational opportunities. This is a program that should be expanded. With unanimous consent. I am inserting in the RECORD a copy of the newspaper story from the San Antonio Light. March 6. 1966. entitled "Migrants Prove Adage":
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