Session #86 · 1959–61

Speech #860276231

Mr. President. may I state. very briefly. the purport of the amendment? This amendment flows from the fact that the present Secretary of Labor has seen fit to issue an order which he claims is predicated upon the WagnerPeyser Act. or some such act. which has no reference at all to agriculture. which requires that migrant agricultural labor must be supplied by his agency only after conditions of labor. including wages. hours. and the like. are guaranteed to him by the areas requesting the labor. In our State this is a very vital question. because we have had to turn for our stoop labor in large measure to the Bahamas and Jamaica simply because it cannot be obtained in the United States. I understand that in the State so well represented in part by my distinguished friend from California [Mr.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
SPESSARD HOLLAND
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
FL
Gender
M
Date
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Speech ID
860276231
Paragraph
#0
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