According to the testimony of these growers. the employment of foreign nationals from the Bahamas has been mandatory to insure profitable and efficient harvesting of their apple crop. These offshore workers were not requested. nor were they certified. until every effort had been made to secure domestic help. from as far south as Florida and Louisiana and as far north as Delaware and New York. In 1964. the TriCounty Labor Camp in Martinsburg. which provides and houses migrant workers for 26 growers. attempted to recruit workers in 14 States and the District of Columbia. As a result of these endeavors. 160 persons agreed to accept employment for the harvest period. At the end of the season. only six domestics remained.