Expert Opinions

In the late 1950s, many towns began expanding their labor camps, now cramped due to increases in labor, out of concern that crowded quarters could contribute to polio outbreaks.  The city of Waco consulted members of the Church Women United, who had been volunteering at the camp for years and had extensive knowledge of its shortcomings, as well as the League of United Latin American Citizens and other volunteer organizations, on what renovations needed to take place at the labor camp.