The Department of Labor reports that even by 1975. over 83 percent of the total harvest of fresh citrus and many vegetables must be hand picked and is not readily subject to a machine harvest. These crops include oranges. table grapes. apples. grapefruit. lemons. pears. strawberries. pecans. fresh tomatoes. lettuce. and other vegetables. A recent manpower survey in the State of Texas revealed that 62 percent of migrant families did not plan to migrate north for the harvest this year. because of the fuel shortage. Unless such a labor shortage is averted. it will spell disaster for our farm economy and will produce food shortages of such a magnitude as to spiral the cost of living even faster than today. I urge the Federal Energy Office to take steps now to address this need.