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Farmworkers in Rural America, 1971-1972, Part 5B, Appendix

Author: Subcommittee on Migratory Labor, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate
Date Published: 1972


This is the second-half of the appendix supplementing the 1972 Senate report, Farmworkers in Rural America 1971-1972. The report sought to make a comprehensive study and appraisal of the current economic situations and trends in America rural life, as they relate to the existence of income and community problems of rural areas, including problems of low income, the status of rural labor, including farm labor, unemployment and underemployment and retraining in usable skills; rural economic development and expanding opportunities for rural families; the condition of children and youth in rural areas and their status in an expanding national economy; the impact of population and demographic changes, including rural migration; adequacy of rural community facilities and services; exploration of new and better means of eliminating the causes which perpetuate rural unemployment and underemployment, low income and poor facilities; and other related matters. To evaluate the means by which existing programs, policies, and activities relating to the economic status and community welfare of rural people may be coordinated or better directed or redirected to achieve the elimination of underemployment and low income or rural people and to obtain higher levels of community facilities and services. To develop recommendations for action by local, State, or Federal governments or private enterprises as to the most efficient and promising means of providing opportunities for the rural population to share in America's abundance.

Price: loan
Number of Pages: 491