Farmworkers suffer from the same economic and social problems as other poor people but to a greater degree. Among classes of the disadvantaged designated for special Federal attention, only farmworkers are an occupational group. Their plight is unique because it is their working conditions which give rise to most of the other problems endemic to…

In 1970 about a fourth of the country's farm workers were underage, working and living in conditions which are "sub-sub-substandard" in most parts of the country. These workers are often swindled or exploited by labor contractors or crew men. Since the work is seasonal, families are forced to travel great distances, under difficult circumstances,…