To reduce the appropriation by $8 millon will mean that no more than a 4percent cost of living increase can be provided to legal services programs. With the current rate of inflation. service cannot be maintained at such a level. even after all savings have been attempted. The proposal to reduce the appropriation to the Legal Services Corporation is terribly ill conceived and should be rejected unequivocally. It reduces legal services available to low income groups. It leaves the exploitation of migrant farmworkers unchecked: and It is inconsistent with congressional mandate to provide equal access to our system of justice.O E] 1920