He said this in answer to a telegram from House Agriculture Committee Chairman Harold Cooley. of North Carolina. Mr. President. it is my understanding that under a law enacted many years ago. when there is a deficit of labor. it is incumbent upon the Secretary of Labor and upon the Immigration Service. to find supplemental laborers who are skilled and are willing to work. and who come from many of our nearby. neighboring nations. and to help us get them in to fill the vital need at the time. I do not concur in any way with the statement attributed to Secretary of Labor Wirtz that the Department of Labor has no obligation in this matter. It has a heavy obligation. and I congratulate the Secretary upon having recognized it. at least today in the announcement which he made.
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