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.
No matter where the 250,000 nomads wander, 100 nurses and doctors of the California State Board of Health...
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