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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1963)
University Project Underway ASUO Help for Migratory By THOR A WILLIAMS Emerald Feature Editor Workers Possible I he American migratory labor er has a hard life today, and his children cannot expect a brighter future. It has been estimated that by 1080 mechanization will have eliminated the jobs of 75 per cent of the present farm workers, said Mike Gannon, ASUO Migratory Labor Committee chairman With out education, these people will probably be forced into the big ☆ ☆ Health Grant Available By LUCILLE CERRETS Emerald Staff Writer The University's ASUO Migra tory Labor Committee can serve best by establishing a three pronged demonstration project within the framework oTexisting programs. Such a program would be eligible for consideration for a grant from the United States Public Health Service. These conclusions were reached Monday during a round table dis cussion led by three health ser vice representatives, Miss Mar jorie Epalding, nurse consultant; Boh Jones, sanitarian consultant, and Robert Hull, migrant health representative of district nine. Initial Program Limited Bull explained that the imme diate program would have to be limited. While dealing with health, education and recreation —to obtain widespread support— the health aspect would have to be emphasized to receive Public Health Service funds. < C onlinneJ on fwr)c R) The initial project’s value city slum areas. For more than a year a few interested students, led by Gan non, have been laying the ground work for a University program to help migratory laborers and their children. According to Gannon, work in this area would aid not only the laborer, but the student as well. There are about one million mi gratory workers in the United States, including 350 to 450 thou sand children under 14 years old. Gannon said about 50,000 work in Oregon during the year Children Quit School The laborers "follow the crops,” moving northward in the spring in three streams from Florida, Texas and California. By the time children of migratory work ers are about 15 years old, they are usually years behind in their education. They drop out of school and Join the unskilled labor market. Oregon was among the first of the states to establish sum mer school programs for the children of migratory laborers, Gannon said. The University mi gratory labor project might be applied in this area. Usually the children are brought to a regular school build ing from the camps in the area, or a school may be set up in the laiii« camps, Gannon said. “Most of the parents want their chil dren to go to school, but they sometimes have to balance be tween this desire and whether they will eat next winter.” Concentration on Problems Gannon said that in the school, especially for children of migra tory workers, time is not lost in ‘‘trying to integrate the child with the rest of the children,” and the teacher can concentrate on problems that are of special concern. The child can be taught about the community and the job opportunities there. “Studies have shown that these' children have at least average in telligence but are often held back in regular schools because of their different backgrounds and attitudes," Gannon said. Neil Goldschmidt, former ASUO student body president, introduc ed the idea of a project with mi gratory labor problems last fall The possibilities of such a pro gram were discussed and the ASUO committee showed a se ries of movies on the problem. During the summer Gannon wrote to agencies working with migratory labor. Armed with let ters of support from the Secre tary of Labor, Director of Mi grant Ministry and other groups, the Oregon delegation to the Na tional Student Association Con gress introduced and had passed a resolution to set up a national migratory labor project. It includes provisions for work in education, health, recreation and adult education, besides “an amendment on voter registration ' passed by a bunch of wild liber als.” according to Gannon. “If NSA will work as they’re supposed to, they'll set up a pro gram. They are trying to, but I don’t know how successful it wdll be, so we’re going ahead on our own,” Gannon explained. “We will probably ask for volunteers from any college or any inter ested NSA college.” Gannon and others working on the project met with Robert G. Bull, United States Public Health Service Migrant Health Program representative, T u e sday. They discussed possibilities for a gov ernment grant. Health Grant Possible “We are really still pretty vague about the project because we are thinking about a lot of different ideas. To get a grant, from the Health Service, we would have to have a project that in cludes improvements in health,” , Gannon said. The committee has also discuss- j ed possibilities for a student teacher summer program with the i state education authorities, but now we’re afraid the budget will be cut so that there will not b« a summer program and we would have to set up our own,” Gan non said. The Oregon Division of the Migrant Ministry of the Nation al Council of Churches has been working with the migrants at Eola Village in McMinnville for many years. There are 900 to 1,200 people there the year around and about C600 during the summer. They’d like some more students for day school and recreation projects.” Broadway Theatre League of Eugene, Inc. presents “FUNNIEST COMEDY OF THE SEASON” - time LAWRENCE W1TCHEL A KENNETH J. STE N by rmin FRED COE A ARTHUR CANTOR M£itM JOHN IRELAND* A THOUSAND CLOWNS Smash Comedy Hit! Tuesday, Nov. 12 — 8:30 p.m. South Eugene High School Auditorium BOX OFFICES OPEN THURSDAY University Co-op Bon Marche Russells (Chapman Hall) Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Nov. 7, 8, 9, & 11 Prices: $4.50, $3.50, & $2.50 Season tickets also available Serving the University since 1948 The insignia to the left indicates that we are a member of the American Society of Travel Agents —a professional organization of agents, carriers, and hotels. 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