Word: migrant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that "Of Mice and Men" has finally made its appearance on celluloid, even the most ardent Steinbeck fans will shamefacedly withdraw their objections. For Hal Roach retells the story of George, the migrant farmer, and his protege, the idiot Lennie, with the same simplicity and sinceity, the same trenchant poignancy, as Mr. Steinback. Packed with grim reality, gripping in its psychological depth, "Of Mice and Men" the movie, does no more nor less than the novel,: it lays open some facts of life, plainly and eloquently...
...radio stations by the U. S. Census Bureau. Many a censusee does not like the prospect of being asked, and having to answer, a raft of Nosy Parker questions: whether he has a bathroom, a mortgage; where he lived five years ago (for an insight into migrant labor), his race (which most anthropologists say is unanswerable), whether he has been on WPA, CCC, NYA, etc. For the first time in history, the April census will also ask the "amount of money wages or salary received (including commissions) during twelve months ending December...
Whether or not they have read The Grapes of Wrath, most U. S. citizens today have heard of the hordes of migrant farmers who left their worn-out farms to harvest oranges, lettuce and peas up & down California. Because many of them came from Oklahoma, they are called "Okies." Some of them camp in packing-box jungles and drink ditchwater; others are lucky enough to lodge in new government camps with modern plumbing and electric washing machines...
There are now 750 doctors serving 38,000 migrant members through ten health oases, "extending south to the Imperial Valley and north as far as Willows, Marysville, and Santa Rosa." When the migrant population shifts to greener fields, the Association's local offices follow them...