I asked whether investigations of such practices and abuses. particularly those involving crew leaders and growers. were being conducted by the Department of Justice at that time. In response. I received a letter from the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. who informed me that investigations of complaints of forced labor and other abuses among migrant farmworkers were taking place and that such complaints were followed by prosecution in cases of violation of Federal law. Now the Department of Justice has released a statement detailing Federal indictments returned against the operator of a migrant farm labor camp and his two assistants on charges of conspiring to hold five workers in involuntary servitude. I believe that the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation should be commended for their action in carrying these difficult investigations to their appropriate conclusion. However. this latest confirmation of exploitation of migrant farmworkers demonstrates the need for continued Federal concern and action to protect the rights of the migrant farm laborers in America. I ask unanimous consent that the exchange of correspondence between the Justice Department and myself. and the Justice Department release announcing the prosecution of the farm labor operator and his assistants be printed in the RECORD.