That leaves 20.000 more needed. (Same hearings. p. 673.) A great many witnesses representing these same interests gave similar testimony at those hearings. Some of them said that the beetsugar industry could not exist but for the importation of Mexican labor. Among those appearing in opposition to the restriction of Mexican immigration and support of a proposition to relax the present laws was Harry A. Austin. secretary. United States Sugar Manufacturers Association. (Same hearings. p. 678.) In 1928. during the Seventieth Congress. the propositions before the House Committee was H. R. 6465. and other bills proposing to restrict immigration from Mexico. A number of witnesses representing the beetsugar growing and manufacturing interests of many States appeared before the committee in opposition to the restriction of Mexican Immigration. on the ground that Mexican labor was needed by sugarbeet farmers and beetsugar manufacturers. Among these many witnesses was Harry A. Austin. secretary of the United States Beet Sugar Association. a small part of whose testimony I quote from page 429 of the hearings.
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