President. is that the time spent by producers of perishable crops applying for emergency help is time they simply cannot afford if the crop is to be saved. If a heat wave hits southern Idaho. produce growers must expand their work force up to 5 or 10 times the normal level and the workers will have to be available in a day or two. otherwise the crop will be ruined by the extreme heat. All of these difficulties are in addition to the problems that the Department of Labor will face when hundreds or even thousands of farmers are clammering for emergency visas because the weather has suddenly changed. The Department of Labor has a very difficult time processing the applications under the current H2 Program under which less than 20.000 foreign workers are allowed to enter annually. It is working fairly well in some areas. in sheepherding and others. where it can be predicted somewhat in advance that the sheep will be moved. and so forth. and also it is a much lower labor intense type of work so there are not as many workers involved.