We are also witnessing our strawberry producers going out of business. and other industries which I can mention being seriously and adversely affected by this inane policy of the Secretary of Labor. who rules the producers of perishable foods with such an Iron hand. Yet he goes to court when he is called before the U.S. district court in Orlando. Fla.. and says that he has no authority in this matter at all. that all he can do is advise the immigration authorities as to whether they should let them in. and. therefore. he does not have to answer. in law. for what he is doing. To me. this is a rather outrageous thing which this man is doing and has done to the producers of perishable. agricultural commodities in this Nation. I remind the Senator from Vermont that I see here that his own State has turned periodically to Canada for woodcutters and apple pickers. beyond what Vermont can furnish from its own population. and under the mandate of Secretary Wirtz. the rate Is raised from $1.30 an hourwhich has been the rate prevailing since 1964to $1.50 per hour.
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