Although the 1961 amendments made considerable progress in guaranteeing "comparable working conditions" to American workers. that phrase was not defined so as to include the items which our amendment would now. cover. The President of the United States has said: The adverse effect of the Mexican farm labor program as it has operated In recent years on the wage and employment conditions of domestic workers is clear and cumulative in its impact.- We cannot afford to disregard it. I call for bipartisan support of this amendment as a means of demonstrating that we in the Senate refuse to disregard the welfare of our own citizens and pledge ourselves to improve the working conditions and standards of living of Americas forgotten manthe domestic migrant farmworker.