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To: Ilaine who wrote (53937)	9/1/1999 5:36:00 PM
From: jbe	Respond to of 108807

I do hope some of that money got to the proper destination, ultimately! I have a story about migrant workers, too. At one point during the depression, my father was in charge of a project to help migrant workers, which involved, among other things, building permanent housing for them in the Florida Everglades. If you have ever lived in the Everglades -- as we did for a time -- you can imagine what it was like to live there without decent housing! All those snakes (many of them poisonous)! All those nasty spiders & gross insects! Ugh! I attended a one-room schoolhouse with migrant kids. The teacher was a frazzled young woman, who was always punishing the kids (all but me, of course) by smacking them on the palm with a ruler. Their palms would get red, red, red, and they would always cry. Yet I used to envy the other kids, because they got to leave early, long before lunchtime. Of course, the reason they got to leave early is that they had to go and help their parents pick beans. I didn't know what that involved; as far as I was concerned, they were having more "fun" than I was. Joan

To: Ilaine who wrote (53937)	9/1/1999 6:19:00 PM
From: nihil	Respond to of 108807

I knew Dorothea Lange. She was married to Paul Taylor, Professor of Economics at Berkeley. They spent their lives working for the welfare of farm laborers and small farmers. He signed my petition in 1962 when I was trying to get unemployment insurance for farm workers along with the serious UFW. One reason Dorothea didn't bundle those people into her car was that there were thousands who needed help. Have you never had the experience of being surrounded by many people in deep need and to be in need youself? It's life boat ethics. Save a few, and beat those others who try to board off with an oar.