PERMANENT FARM LABOR PROGRAM HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE EIGHTIETH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 3367 A BILL TO ENABLE THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, THROUGH THE FEDERAL EXTENSION SERVICE, TO COOPERATE WITH THE LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN CARRYING OUT A PROGRAM FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE SUPPLY OF, THE NEED FOR, AND THE EFFECTIVE USES AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES CONTENTS Anderson, F. A., director, Agricultural Extension Service, State of Anderson, Hon. Jack Z., United States Representative in Congress Bailey, Fred, representing the National Grange, Washington, D. C.. Dawson, Howard A., director of rural service, National Education Foreman, Clark, president, Southern Conference on Human Welfare. Gibbons, Rev. William J., S. J. board of directors, National Catholic 147 172 118 63 182 33 Goodwin, Robert C., director, United States Employment Service 139, 150 Hake, W. O., commissioner, Department of Employment Security, Hewitt, Elmer J., vice president, Meat Cannery and Farm Workers 101 Rogers, Hon. Dwight L., United States Representative in Congress 44 Seabrook, Charles F., president, Seabrook Farms Co., Bridgeton, N. J. Tobler, H. Willis, representing the American Farm Bureau Federation_ III PERMANENT FARM LABOR PROGRAM MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1947 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D. C. The committee met at 10 a. m., Hon. Clifford R. Hope (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. The matter under consideration today is the bill H. R. 3367. (The bill referred to is as follows:) [H. R. 3367, 80th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To enable the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Federal Extension Service, to cooperate with the land-grant colleges and universities in carrying out a program for the collection and dissemination of information with respect to the supply of, the need for, and the effective use of agricultural workers, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter called the "Secretary") is authorized and directed, through the Extension Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (hereinafter called the "Federal Extension Service"), to enter into agreements with the land-grant colleges and universities in the several States for effectuating the purposes of this Act in their respective States. However, if the land-grant college or university in any State does not enter into any such agreement with the Secretary, then he shall enter into such agreement with such State agency as may have been created or designated for such purpose by the State legislature (hereinafter called "other designated State agency"), or, in the event the State legislature has not taken such action, then the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with such other State agency, public or private, in such State as he determines is competent to carry out the purposes of this Act therein (hereinafter also referred to as "other designated State agency"). SEC. 2. The purposes of the Act to be effectuated in any State by the agency designated therein shall include (a) collecting, publishing, and disseminating information with respect to the supply and demand for agricultural workers in the State, and other related information; (b) assisting, by appropriate studies, demonstration, or other educational methods, farmers and agricultural workers in the adoption of improved practices and facilities for performing farm-labor operations; (c) facilitating the orderly intrastate and interstate movement of agricultural workers (1) by making available information with respect to the supply and demand for agricultural workers and (2) by cooperating with farmers and associations of farmers in the recruitment and placement of agricultural workers; (d) cooperating with farmers and migratory agricultural workers in making arrangements for health, medical, and burial services to such agricultural workers and their families through prepayment plans or other voluntary arrangements where it is determined that such services are not otherwise available or adequate and, in cases of emergency, furnishing by loan or otherwise such services to such agricultural workers and their families; (e) cooperating with State public employment agencies in the keeping of such records and information as may be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the State unemployment compensation laws and of title V of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended (58 Stat. 295); and (f) cooperating with designated agencies in other States and with the Secretary in carrying out the activities authorized under this Act. 1 |