While such an amendment would afford protection to workers of all industries heretofore unable to initiate their complaints. the most immediate effect and the one of primary interest to me is the protection which the amendment can offer the agricultural industries. I would like to point that these two bills have now particular relevance for agriculture. since last years amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act brought farmworkers under scope of its authority for the first time. Two years ago Congress made a wise decision and put an end to the mass importation of foreign agricultural labor. by letting Public Law 78. the bracero law. expire. and encouraging more careful administration of Public Law 414. the older law providing for limited immigration of farm labor. The restriction on the use of foreign farm labor constitutes an altogether sound public policy. The expiration of Public Law 78 was a step in the right direction toward rectifying some of the economic and social injustices which have long plagued our Nations farmworkers.
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