We have been subjected to many pathetic tales of crops rotting in the fields for want of labor. or more particularly for want of foreign labor. The Secretary has been characterized as being intransigent and arbitrary in his refusal to issue certifications attesting to shortage of domestic workers. Such certifications by the Immigration and Naturalization Service are the basis for authorizing the importation of foreign workers. I would like to discuss one particular crop which probably has received more publicity than any other. Some of my colleagues in California have contended that the actions of the Secretary of Labor are responsible for cutbacks in the tomato acreage and stories have appeared In the Nations press making the point over and over again that were it not for the Secretary of Labor tomato production would be significantly higher in California.
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