Show FARM WORKERS MAKE BE BEDDING 0 note the following ani no came from our local supervisor clair R accord when the dusted out trac out farm folk of the plains states piled into jal lopies and headed west they find room for much bedding if they had much so ma and pa often ended up in in a cabin or tent with three kids sharing their single bed or half the family down on bare ground or floor with a couple of ragged quilts all being changed now for families living in farm workers communities of the farm security administration according to L 1 I hewes jr regional director hewes said yesterday that 2000 migrant families in california and arizona camps and farm projects of the department of agriculture agency have now made their own cotton mattresses and comforters through self help construction projects begun last fall most families completed their warm new bedclothes bed clothes in time to beat winter cold and according to the camp nurses to lick most winter colds in the head too colds and respiratory infections are the migratory mi harvest workers most frequent illness cotton ticking and percale used in the mattress projects were sup alil ed free by the surplus marketing administration and ald technical guidance by the farm security home management division T the he womenfolk of farm workers communities muni ties did the rest I 1 limited supplies of material placed the construction projects on a ne ediest first basis but according to mr hewes the migrant wives and mothers too far down the list to make their own mattress or comfort worked on other peoples bedding just as enthusiastically the same operative cooperative co was shown in willingness of all camp residents to contribute the cost of needles thread and twine required 25 crits for a mattress and 15 cents for each quilt to j help their most needy neighbors 0 surgeons performing brain operations erat ions in the city hospital in boston wear blue instead of the custor mary white uniforms under the bright operating lights the white garments caused a distracting tr glare which interfered with the vision of the surgeons 0 A fellow has to be a contortionist to live these days first he has to keep his back to the wall and his ear to the ground then he must put his shoulder to the wheel hs nose to the grindstone keep a level head and have both feet on the ground new york times |