Anyone with even the most remote familiarity with the agricultural areas of this Nation. and the living conditions of the farmworkers. must readily acknowledge that the need for better housing for farmworkers is urgent. The administration justified their failure to make a request for funds by stating that each year an increasing number of families settle out of the migratory stream and put down roots in a community. even though they continue to do farm labor. However. almost 2 years ago the Farmers Home Administration released a study which indicated a need for more than 100.000 new and rehabilitated housing units for migrant farmworkers alone. When you include farmworkers who do not migrate. and this program covers them as well. the need is likely to be at least three or four times that number. The administrations attitude seems to be one of waiting until the problem goes away.