Without the amendment to the Poage bill which the Senate included in their bill. imposing strict penalties for the employment of wetbacks. and without the amendment restricting contracting of Mexicans to those who have legally entered the United States. I cannot in good conscience vote for this measure. To do so would be to accept part of the blame for the deliberate violations of our immigration laws which are now encouraged. and to accept part of the guilt for the shameful peonage under which these Mexican workers exist. There is abundant evidence that Mexican contract workers have been brought into this country when there is no real need foi them. The Poage bill places the responsibility for certifying that a need exists on the Regional Director of the Bureau of Employment Security rather than on the Secretary of Labor. as provided in the bill passed by the Senate.
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