Mr. President. as chairman of the Migratory Labor Subcommittee of the Labor and Public Welfare Committee. I was heartened by the provisions of the Presidents message on Americas unfinished business: urban and rural poverty concerning migrant farmworkers submitted to the Congress last week. During the same week. the Migratory Labor Subcommittee filed with the Senate its report entitled "The Migratory Farm Labor Problem in the United States." in which various problems of the migrant laborer were discussed and a series of recommendations were made. The report pointed out. for instance. that 30 percent of all migrant children have less than 8 years of education and 40 percent have less than 11 years. The report. therefore. recommended that funds be made available to provide for adequate financial assistance to the States for the education of children of migrant agricultural workers. The President in his message faced this problem and recommended such education services for 170.000 migrant children. The subcommittee report pointed out that in many instances there were legal restrictions against providing services to nonresidents in most local jurisdictions. therefore. denying the migrant and his dependents from most of the health and welfare services offered to other citizens. It was. therefore. encouraging to learn that the President recommended amendments to the public assistance law to authorize pilot projects to provide temporary public assistance and other welfare services for migratory workers and their families. who are now barred by residence requirements from receiving these services. He also recommended a provision to provide health services for about 280.000 migratory workers and their families.