521 Z1624 20 SET COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE GEORGE M. GRANT, Alabama W. PAT JENNINGS, Virginia D. R. (BILLY) MATTHEWS, Florida GEORGE S. MCGOVERN, South Dakota MERWIN COAD, Iowa J. FLOYD BREEDING, Kansas FRANK A. STUBBLEFIELD, Kentucky HAROLD B. MCSWEEN, Louisiana EARL HOGAN, Indiana ROBERT W. LEVERING, Ohio CHARLES B. HOEVEN, Iowa PAUL B. DAGUE, Pennsylvania PAGE BELCHER, Oklahoma CLIFFORD G. McINTIRE, Maine HENRY ALDOUS DIXON, Utah WINT SMITH, Kansas CHARLES M. TEAGUE, California ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota DON L. SHORT, North Dakota CATHERINE MAY, Washington ALEXANDER PIRNIE, New York DELBERT L. LATTA, Ohio RESIDENT COMMISSIONER A. FERNÓS-ISERN, Puerto Rico CHRISTINE S. GALLAGHER, Clerk HYDE H. MURRAY, Assistant Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND MANPOWER E. C. GATHINGS, Arkansas, Chairman WATKINS M. ABBITT, Virginia CLARK W. THOMPSON, Texas A. FERNÓS-ISERN, Puerto Rico II CHARLES M. TEAGUE, California DELBERT L. LATTA, Ohio 17 CONTENTS H.R. 9869. A bill to amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes. H.R. 9871. A bill to amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes. H.R. 11211. A bill to amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, to provide, in connection with the employment of workers from Mexico, protection against unfair competition from corporate agriculture to the American family farm, and protection for the employ- ment opportunities of domestic agricultural workers in the United States, Report on H.R. 9871, by Hon. E. T. Benson, dated March 30, 1960. Adams, H.R., executive vice president, Agricultural Council of Arkansas; accompanied by James P. Baker, Jr., attorney for Phillips County Farmers Association; E. Byron Landers and J. C. Anfuso, Hon. Victor L., a Representative in Congress from the State Bachman, Joseph R., treasurer, Amalgamated Sugar_Co.... Page 353 394 103 85 Biemiller, Andrew J., director, department of legislation; accompanied by Henry P. Anderson, director of research, Agricultural Workers Brown, Hon. Newell, Assistant Secretary of Labor, accompanied by David E. Christian, Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary Brown, and Albert Misler, Assistant Solicitor, Department of Labor 355,373 Catholic Bishops representatives in matters concerning migrant Colborn, Fern M., secretary, National Federation of Settlements and 154 Dixon, Hon. Henry A., a Representative in Congress from the First 99 Dixon, T. Hume, president, Northampton County Farm Bureau, 55 Galarza, Ernesto, secretary, National Agricultural Workers Union, 237 Statement of-Continued Greene, Rev. Shirley E., on behalf of the National Council of the Hayes, Edward F., general manager, Imperial Valley Farmers Asso- Heimburger, John, counsel, House Committee on Agriculture. Henderson, Max C., executive secretary, Michigan Field Crops, Inc., Hennessy, James L., Executive Assistant to Commissioner of Immi- 415 402 294 126, 135 72 Higgins, Rt. Rev. Msgr. George G., director, social action department, Jackson, Gardner, National Sharecroppers Fund, Inc. Johnson, D. Gale, professor of economics, University of Chicago, on behalf of the National Consumers League__ Johnson, Hon. Lester R., a Representative in Congress from the Ninth Congressional District of the State of Wisconsin__. Kirkland, Jean, Harlingen, Tex., representing the Lower Rio Grande Valley Ginners' Association, accompanied by Bill Fletcher, vice president, Lower Rio Grande Valley Ginners' Association..... Landrum, Hon. Phil M., a Representative in Congress from the Ninth Congressional District of the State of Georgia__. Langenegger, A. W., vice president, New Mexico Farm & Livestock McGovern, Hon. George, a Representative in Congress from the First Mayer, Arnold, legislative representative of the Amalgamated Meat 341 Matthews, Hon. D. R., a Representative in Congress from the Eighth Congressional District of the State of Florida Miller, Hon. Clarence L., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture; accom- Miller, Max, cotton farmer, Marianna, Ark. Mitchell, H. L., president, National Agricultural Workers Union, Montoya, Hon. Joseph M., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Mexico; accompanied by Hon. Thomas G. Morris, a Representative in Congress from the State of New Mexico; and Robert C. McConnell, secretary to Representative Montoya, of New Mexico_ National Beet Growers Federation, Richard W. Blake, executive sec- Osborne, Melville E., Officer in Charge, Mexican Affairs, Department of State; accompanied by T. R. Martin, Foreign Affairs Officer, De- Reed, Mrs. Marion C., president, Consumers League of New Jersey- Riggle, John J., secretary, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. Roosevelt, Hon. James, a Representative in Congress from the 26th 71 Statement of---Continued Sisk, Hon. B. F., a Representative in Congress from the 12th Con- Smith, Hon. Frank E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Textile Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C__ The National Grange, presented by Fred Bailey, consultant Tolbert, William H., chairman, National Farm Labor Users Triggs, Matt, assistant legislative director, American Farm Bureau Ventura County Citrus Growers Committee, William Tolbert, 399 Young, J. Banks, Washington representative of the National Cotton Regulations tightening on Mexican labor plan, article from American Farm Bureau Federation: Two work hitches saved family farm, paid taxes (No. 2) Even Mexico employers think program is good (No. 3). Tall tales of abuse "loco," say workers (No. 4). Here's how worker gets job under rigid rules (No. 5). Despite drive to halt it, mordida plagues system (No. 6) Baker, James P., Jr., Phillips County Farmers Association: Exhibit B-Hired workers on farms (1950-59) annual average__ Exhibit B-1-Hired workers on Arkansas farms, annual average, Exhibit C-Family workers on farms (1950-59) annual average_ Letter containing additional data, under date of April 8, 1960- - - Resolution on hired farm labor and imported contract workers— adopted September 1959, by the third congressional convention, Foreign workers in U.S. agriculture, 1942-59 (chart 1). Table 2.-Average hourly wages of hired farmworkers as a per- centage of average hourly wages of factory workers, 1910-59__ Average hourly farmworker wages, 1910–59 (chart 3). Table 3.-Trends in farm output per man-hour versus real Farm output per man-hour versus real hourly wages of farm- 226 Table 4.-Data on average number of days worked, average daily 226 Additional data submitted to the subcommittee by-Continued Availability of domestic farmworkers.. Employment of farm wageworkers and number of days worked at farm wagework during selected years, 1951-58 Employment of Mexican farmworkers__ Annual peak employment of foreign nationals employed in temporary agricultural jobs in the United States, 1951-59 Total number of foreign workers contracted or admitted to the United States for temporary agricultural employment, Bureau of Employment Security, regional memorandum No. 865, 421 396 Department of Justice, William P. Rogers, Attorney General, 360 Estimated peak employment and period of employment of do- 384 Peak employment of domestic migrant farmworkers, 1959 385 Policies of the U.S. Employment Service, part 23, from the Fed- 356 Stream of migrant worker movement. 381 Title 20 Employees' benefits; chapter V-employment security; 359 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Employment Security, 380 Use of Mexican nationals in skilled and semiskilled occupations. Downing, Hon. Thomas N. Virginia State Farm Labor Advisory Committee, resolution ____ 350 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, Chicago, Ill., letter of Arnold Mayer, dated April 8, 1960. American Association of Nurserymen, Inc., Robert F. Lederer, 156 California Citizens Committee for Agricultural Labor, San Fran- 427 California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, Thos. L. Pitts, secre- tary-treasurer, San Francisco, Calif., letter of March 22, 1960.. California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, San Francisco, Calif., 292 Cantee, Frank, chairman, Migrant Workers Committee, Palo 150 Collapse of economy caused by diminishing the contracting of 160 Consumers League of New York, Inc., New York, N.Y., Frank C. Montero, farm labor committee, letter of March 25, 1960- Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association, Orlando, Fla., letter of |