It also means. Mr. President. particularly in the cotton section. that if they had to discontinue this immigrant labor service. much of the cotton crop would not be harvested. and I am sure that is true with reference to vegetables and produce in other sections of the country. The continuing need for immigrant labor is going to be greater in the emergency situation which confronts us. By placing this penaltythat is what it amounts toupon the farmers because of something over which they have absolutely no control. where a man simply walks off the job. it simply takes money out of the farmers pocket and places it in the Treasury of the United States. Many of those persons have already returned to Mexico. but have returned under conditions which make it very difficult to check them.
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