While on the road. their lives are very often characterized by underemployment. low wages. poor housing. lack of education. lack of health and welfare services. and in some cases. unsafe vehicles for transportation. For 9 months in 1959. four prominent Americans studied the effects of Public Law 78 on domestic farmworkers at the request of former Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell. These men conducted their investigations not only in Washington. D.C.. but also in all of the areas where Mexican nationals are employed. They conferred with growers. domestic migrants. braceros. State and Federal Government officials. and others close to or directly concerned with the Mexican farm labor program. The four men who reported to the Secretary of Labor were: ExSenator Edward J.
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