The Senator will concede. I am certain. that if the proposed extension is not granted. there may be a recurrence of conditions that existed prior to 1951. when Mexican labor came by the thousands. some of them swimming across the Rio Grande. and becoming known. as the Senator stated a while ago. as "wetbacks." Many of them had to remain hidden. too. in order to escape arrest by immigration officials. My fear is that there might be a recurrence of that situation. Certainly the type of contract that is now entered into with the sanction of both the American Government and the Mexican Government is not. by any means. of the kind described by the Senator from Illinois as a slavery contract. because a Mexican can enter the United States and leave the next day. if he desires.
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