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Lancaster Farming, Saturday. July 4.1970
Impiovcmcius in nunj anas
ol sei vices piovided to Penney I
va.ua s migianl laboi foice are
dcscnbtd in the annual report
uleased iccenth b\ the Gov
mioi s Conimitiec on Migratory
Laboi
Cliflord L .Jones. Sec etar> of
Laboi and Industry and Char
man of the Committee, said th°
lepoit indicates that ‘consider
able p’ogiess has been made
dm mg the 18 yeais since the
committee was oiganized in
PcnnsyU, nia
"Because ot the concern of
mam gioups both governmental
ard volunteer,” the Secretary
‘conditions fm migiants
and then families in Pennsyl
vania aie safei healthiei and
moie comfoi table ’
The lepoit recoids 7 545 mi
giants being employed in 33 of
the commonwealth’s counties
aunng 1969 —1128 of them in
Adams County, 882 in Franklin
and 636 in Schuylkill, the largest
employeis of migiants in Penn
sylvania
Seventy four pei cent of the
total migrant force were blacks
from southern states, and the re
mamder from Pueito Rico
"The report also gave the fol
lowing figuies foi counties in
this area
Lancaster. 36 camps and 36
camp operators with a total of
258 migrants, including 55
southern migiants and 203
Puerto Ricans
Chester, la camps and 13 camp
operators with a total of 187
migiants, including 50 southern
pugiants and 137 Pueito Ricans
Lebanon, 7 camps and 7 camp
opeiatois with 46 migrants, all
Puerto Ricans
Yoik, 22 camps and 22 camp
opeiatois \vith a total of 221 mi
yams, including 172 southern
mgiants and 49 Pueito Ricans
Foi the first time in history,
Pennsylvania faimers icceived
more than a billion dollars fiom
the sale ot their pioduce in 1969
Migiant workers played an im
poitant part in hai vesting a part
of that ci op
Jones said the migrant pro
g'-am was maiked by several
highlights in 1969, including
The Depaitment of Labor and
Industry inspection program was
intensified Thei e wei e 965 safety
inspections and 308 camp ap
provals during the year, the
highest numbei m both cate
gones since the inception of the
piogtam
And health and dental services
tor migrants were incieased dur
ing the year
The state received $322,189
undei the migratoiy amendment
ol title I of the elementary and
secondary school act supple
mented by two existing PennsyT
vania school laws This combined
appropriation helped to fund
sumraei classes at nine locations
m the state (West Chester,
Cheyney, Kutztown, and ilillers
ville State Colleges, Wilkes Col
lege, Chester, Adams, Columbia
and Lancastei Counties) The
childien wee also enrolled dur
mg the icgulai school terms
vvheie conditions wairanted
Jones said mat seven of the
Commonwealth’s Departments,
the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico and 13 volunteer agencies
actively participated in this
year’s program
Secretary Jones noted that
thiough the effoits of many
groups and thousands of indi
viduals in the state, migrants and
their families have been brought
into a more personal relationship
in the state This, he said is the
ultimate goal that the condl
tions unde which migrants live
be made comparable to those of
othei people
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