Session #89 · 1965–67

Speech #890081988

What the attempt to recruit high school students from throughout the Middle and Far West shows is two things: First. that there is a shortage of qualified domestic labor in California: and second that our Government seemingly has a policy of encouraging "nomadism" in our land. We do not meet yearround agricultural needs. by recruiting high school students who are only available for 2 or 21/2 months in the summer. We do not improve the quality of American life by encouraging "nomadism" whether it be by high school students. migrant farmworkers from other States. or unemployed coal miners in Kentucky as was suggested by one administration official last year. What is needed is a stabilization of the work force within a given area and training for those men who are employable but do not have the skill to perform cultivating and harvesting tasks on our farms. I am also concerned with the "onagain. offagain" policies of the Department of Labor.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing

Speaker & context

Speaker
THOMAS KUCHEL
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
890081988
Paragraph
#0
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