Furthermore. as I unstand it. the fact remains that these migrant workers are not covered at the present time by the minimum wage laws. the child labor laws. the welfare and food distribution programs. the unemployment compensation laws. or workmens compensation. The thrust of the amendment we added earlier in the Senate would be to begin to include them in this unemployment compensation program. as they should be included. when they have fulfilled the necessary requirements which are as stated by the Senator from Minnesota. All that the Senate really did at the time it included this was a very modest start. but it was a recognition that migrant workers in the United States live in desperate kinds of conditions and that they should be protected from many of the ravages which they suffer in too many parts of our country. I think it is extremely revealing that in many of the States. particularly in California. those who have the most direct contact with the entire migrant worker problem. whether they be Democrats or Republicans. are in complete support of inclusion under unemployment compensation. As the Senator from Minnesota knows. from his work as the able chairman of the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor. there have been strong disagreements about how the migrant worker should be treated. But on this question of unemployment compensation I have been deeply impressed by the uniform support that the proposal to include the migrant worker has received. And support has come particularly from those States which have the greatest contact with migrant workers. which know it best and understand it. and which have the greatest sense of appreciation for the human tragedies of individuals who are affected by the extremely difficult and uncertain working conditions which would be partially remedied by the -proposed legislation.