Session #88 · 1963–65

Speech #880110476

Mr. Chairman. I rise in support of this legislation. I would like to make a few comments. as chairman of our Family Farm Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture. As has been emphasized by previous speakers. to do away with this program would have a particularly adverse effect on the family farm. In September of 1962 there were 8.332.000 total farm laborers. Of this number there were 228.000 domestic migrant workers and 106.000 Mexican nationals. A family farm. Mr. Chairman. if you want to take .a ruleofthumb definition. is considered a farm that is big enough for a farmer and his family to make a living on and. yet is not so big that the farmer and his family cannot provide over 50 percent of the labor at all times. except at harvest time.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
DONALD MATTHEWS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
FL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
880110476
Paragraph
#0
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