Statements presented at the Cabinet Committee Hearings' on Mexican American Affairs by 52 men and women of divergent backgrounds and professions on the problems facing Mexican Americans are given. The topics covered are in the areas of agriculture; labor; health, education, and welfare; the war on poverty; and the general improvement of the economic and social conditions of the Mexican American. Positive attitudes and action for consideration and incorporation into governmental policy and social structure are reflected in their testimony. (CM)