Chairman. does not believe that the importation of braceros into Oregon under Public Law 78 is reasonable. Apparently. since a total of 199 braceros sufficed to meet the entire needs of the State of Oregon in a year when over 35.000 seasonal workers were employed. there is no substantial evidence that the growers need them. Unless the suspicions of the domestic migrantsand the bureau of laborare true. and the purpose of the bracero program is simply to keep wages and working conditions depressed for domestic workers. then I. for one. cannot see why there is such pressure to continue this program. The concern of many groups. both in the United States and in Mexico. for the conditions under which bracero labor is transported. for example. is highlighted by a story which appeared in the InterAmerican Labor Bulletin of May 1961. Under unanimous consent.
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