Mexico will not renew this pact unless it contains minimum guaranties covering wages and conditions of work. Meanwhile. irresponsible farmers. ranchers. and growers--and there is a growing suspicion of collusion between them and the United States Governmenthave been recruiting wetbacks legally and illegally to reap "grapes of wrath" all over again. The shameful conditions under which these migrant laborers live endanger the public health. undermine educational standards. lower the level of economic activity. and provoke social tensions. The wages paid them by their slave mas2432 ters in the United States degrade them to an animallike status. This is a threat to farmers and ranchers in other parts of the United States who pay legitimate wages. As these migrant wetbacks spread through the country. they are used by other exploiters to wreck our own labor standards. And the minimumwage law becomes a travesty on economic justice. Under these conditions. more people are apt to wonder whether the Communists or these greedy employers are doing more to sabotage the confidence of Americans in their Government.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that migrant wetbacks spread through the country and are used by exploiters to wreck labor standards.