Session #87 · 1961–63

Speech #870045438

Mr. Speaker. let me say that one of the worst features of this bill is the minimum wage limitation of 50 cents. In all of the farm sections in the Eastern part of the country from Florida to western New York the minimum wage is 75 and 85 cents to migrant farmworkers who come up from Florida into western New York. Under this arrangement. with a limitation of a minimum wage of 50 cents. a large producer of farm products in southern California can grow tomatoes on that farm. squeeze the juice out of them and ship the juice to the Campbell Soup Co. in New Jersey for less money than they can grow it on the farm next to the plant in New Jersey. Mr.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
CLEVELAND BAILEY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
WV
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
870045438
Paragraph
#0
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