Regardless of whether the Defense Department of purchase of grapes is equal to 1 percent or 2 percent of total grape purchases. its action is affecting the price. A change in only 1 percent of the demand for table grapes can affect the price of the grapes by 3 percent or 4 percent. Senator MONDALE. at recent hear. ings on migrant and seasonal farmworker powerlessness said: We have farm programs. we spend millions and millions of dollars trying to affect the market by 1 percent. because for 1 percent you can affect the market three or four percent. One percent can make the difference in winning or losing a strike. To argue that one percent is neutral is just not good economics. (Hearings on Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker PowerlessnessEfforts To Organize. Subcommittee on Migratory Labor. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
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