The conditions were really deplorable. The reason was that there was not enough temporary housing. I was depressed when we heard testimony from the OEO officials to the effect that they were planning to phase out this temporary housing for migrants. Their reason was that they felt in due time all migrant labor was going to be phased out and disappear. that the picking would be taken over to a certain extent by new agricultural equipment. and that local labor would pick the rest. They did not want to encourage the continuation of migrant labor by giving them adequate housing.
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