Economic conditions may have persuaded an endless number of families to retreat from their country homes. but proper planning on the part of the Federal Government would dissuade them from following the mirage that leads to distress and despair. Oases that come out of proper planning should long since have been provided far away from the stench of overpopulated cities. In failing to take steps to discourage migrant families from retaining residence in rural areas. the Federal Government has in effect invited into large cities many hundreds of thousands of persons not in any way trained for the types of employment available in the economy and society of those cities. In consequence. many of the unfortunate who made the move are being subsidized by this same Government in areas of high rent and high prices. in smaller communities their stipends would go much further and their children would have less chance of falling into the caldrons of crime and immorality that have come to be associated with crowded city life. I submit.