Session #89 · 1965–67

Speech #890049584

The tabulation of over 18.000 answers was: Percent Yes ---------------------------86.9 No ------------------------------- 11.5 No answer -------------------------1.6 Second. Congressman JEFFERY COHELAN. of Berkeley. an opponent of the bracero program. and representing a predominately urban industrial area in Alameda County. asked these questions. The tabulation of about 13.000 answers was: Migrant farm labor: Several different bills have been introduced in the field of farm labor: (a) Would you favor extending the national minimum wage of $1.25 per hour to agricultural workers? Percent Yes --------------------------- 74.6 No ---------------------------14.1 Undecided ----------------------11.3 (b) Would you favor resuming Public Law 78. the importation of Mexican farmworkers (braceros). which was ended by Congress in 1964? Percent Yes ---------------------------45.2 No --------------------------------- 37.9 Undecided ---------------------- 16.9 A larger percentage of responders in my district answered affirmatively on the question of importing Mexican farmworkers. but. nevertheless. the concensus is clear and substantial in both instances.
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Migrant

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100%
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gemini-2.0-flash
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Economic contributor Legal / procedural

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