06/29/69 C0017289 / COLOR 4 STORIES FLORIDA: MIGRANT WORKERS:
06/29/69 C0017289 / COLOR
4 STORIES
FLORIDA: MIGRANT WORKERS:
UNCUT "JOHN BRANDEN" SHOWS: SHOT OF A MAN, MR JOHN BRANDEN, HE'S A FORMER VISTA VOLUNTEER, NOW DIRECTING THE HEADSTART PROGRAM IN IMMOKALEE THEN HE GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE HUNGER PROBLEM AMONG THE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL, HEALTH PROBLEMS ETC, THEN HE SAYS THE PROGRAM WILL NOT CONTINUE AND HE DOES'NT KNOW WHY:
SECOND STORY "GROWER SUPERVISOR" SHOWS: SHOT OF THE GROWER SUPERVISOR SPEAKING TO THE PRESS, SAYS THE AVERAGE IS 20 BOXES A DAY AND SOME PICK 40 BOXES A DAY AT 50C SAYS HIS BIGGEST PROBLEM IS GETTING THE PEOPLE TO WORK, THE WORK THREE DAYS FOR $15,00 AND THATS IT:
THIRD STORY "CAPTAIN REESE" SHOWS: SHOT OF CAPTAIN REESE BEING INTERVIEWED, HE IS IN CHARGE OF THE MIGRANT VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE ITS CALLED THE "IMMOKALEE" ITS MADE UP OF RESIDENCE OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE MIGRANTS NEEDS AND HELPING THEM AN HE TALKS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE MIGRANT WORKER, SCHOOL,
FOURTH STORY "MOTHERS" SHOWS: SHOT OF A BLACK WOMAN TALKING ABOUT BAD HOUSING, NO WELFARE CHECKS, HER HUSBAND MAKES $65 A WEEK, THEY BOUGHT THE HOUSE THEY LIVE IN FOR $125.00: SHOTS OF THE SHACK: SHOTS OF THE REPORTERS INTERVIEWING OTHER MOTHERS:
(SHOT RECENTLY 400FT)
MIGRANT LABOR
EDUCATION - FLORIDA
HUNGER
HOUSING - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE
BRANDEN, JOHN - SOF
HEADSTART OPERATION
FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE
POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE
SOCIAL WORK - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE
REESE, CAPT XX - SOF
XX / 400 FT / 16 COL / POS / D23287