Notwithstanding that Congress has refused to prescribe that authority for the Secretary. he has prescribed a larger labor charge as a condition to giving certification for letting workers come in from Canada. the British West Indies. or Mexico. The fact of the matter is that wages have nothing to do with our amendment. nor does it have to do with the matter of cutting down the power of the Secretary of Labor to carry on a recruitment program. We tried to provide additional sums this year to enable him to do a better job in the field. but after he has done all he can do by his efforts in the recruitment of labor for the industry. we want the Secretary of Agriculture to be able to say. "This is how much is available against such a need." and to say it in such a way that it can be relied on in the courts and by the Attorney General. through the Commissioner of Immigration. and that it will give some dependable information and relief to the industry which has been so badly hurt by the intransigence of the present Secretary of Labor. We did not have this trouble under Secretary Goldberg. He was a reasonable man.
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