And. there can be no doubt but that malnutrition of this intensity still plagues the lives and futures of millions of our children. We have come a long way in the battle against hungerwe are feeding more than half of the Nations hungry schoolchildren a free or reduced price lunchbut still we have a long way yet to go. Recently the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs heard testimony to the effect that migrant children in Colorado and Texas are being diagnosed today with cases of kwashiorkor and marasmus. the most serious forms of proteincalorie malnutrition. The significance of this tragic situation is the logical conclusion that for every case of kwashiorkor and marasmus there are scores of other children who are malnourished. who are hungry to a lesser degree. Mr.