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have any idea how many might be in a family of three
thousand?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mitchell.
DELEGATE MITCHELL: I believe the standard is
a family of four.
THE CHAIRMAN; Any other questions of the
spokesman for the Committee?
Delegate Murray.
DELEGATE DOROTHY MURRAY: Can you tell me,
Delegate Mitchell, since you have figures readily at
your fingertips, can you tell me how many of those people
are farm people? Do any of those people live on farms?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mitchell.
DELEGATE MITCHELL: I don't have that broken
down as to Maryland, but I can tell you, in Maryland,
it is pretty well consistent with the national figures,
but our farm families, since the Korean War, have been
decreased from fourteen per cent to seven per cent of our
total population, and to get away from poverty in the
farms, the population is migrating to the cities, comprising
a hard core of unemployed people without skills and this