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Of far greater importance to our country. it seems to me. is an effort. which can be helped by this amendment proposed by the distinguished Senator from Nebraska. to reverse some of the trends that are presently taking place. I refer to the loss of population in rural areas. Some of the most important urbanologists In the country today say that the problem of the cities reflects the problem of the country. that the rural areas. because there has been a drying up of jobs in rural America. have suffered an exodus of unskilled and untrained workers into the cities. and that adds to the burden of those who manage welfare programs and aggravates all of the other problems that follow this emigration from the country into the cities. My State of Wyoming. for example. has suffered a population loss from the year 1960 until the present time. I call attention to the fact that. according to the testimony of the distinguished Senator from Oklahoma . in 1967. $17 billion worth of corporate bonds were issued.