Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 07, 1963, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFO&D. OREGON FRIDAY. JUNE 7. I3 Duncan Continues To Lead fight for Use of -Mexican Farm laborers. By YVONNE FRANKLIN Mail Tribune fnr Mii-n. ..i v.. w. I. j . ... uiut-N c una irom uuntesuc WUTS ... wuninglen Bureau unsuccessfully ottered domes- He remined the non-farm-wasmngton - Rep. Robert tic workers the same wages, ers of the House that when warnea me farmers He is not required to offer franklin of Oregon last week that thev must "find alternative sources for obtaining labor from the American market" because of the d e f e a t of the Mexican , Farm Labor law. Approxi- m a t e 1 y 300 braceros are used yearly in Oregon to pick Rogue River Valley pears. The rising opposition of church groups and labor unions was partial ly responsible for the demise of the bracero program. which aids one per cent of the farm group, mostly on large corporation farms in California and Texas. However, Duncan, who - serves on the Agriculture committee which reviews all farm legislation, believes the vote is "symoblic of the way farm legislation will be re ceived this year." Was this a result of the farm wheat referendum, he was asked? No, he said, it s not a spirit of revenge at all. But tneie is a growing feeling against the agricultural sub sidy program as being expen five and unsuccessful . . ." All of Oregon's delegation except Rep. Edith Green of Portland voted for a two- year extension of the law. An effort will be made to re vive the bill, Duncan said, with amendments which may , make it more palatable. Dun can had tried to amend the Dili in committee to give workmen's compensation and provide adequate housing but was unsuccessful This bill. Public Law 78, which expires in December, 1963, admits Mexican male workers (braceros) for tem porary employment. The De partment of Labor recruits and places these workers, as ' sists farmers and workers to establish contracts for work. end requires farmers to pay ' wages, transportation and pro vide adequate housing condi-tions.- American workers equivalent workmen's compensation or o c c u pational insurance cov erage, housing or transpor tation expenses. During debate last week both Duncan and Green took the floor to defend their nosi- tions. Duncan contended that he had noted the opposition of church and other groups and agreed that there was justification for "contentions that the use of Mexican work ers has, to an extent, had an adverse effect on the em ployment opportunities of do mestics ..." But there is also evi dence," he continued, "that the total agricultural labor of this country cannot, at spe- A farmer may not contract , cif ic times and places, be met these migrants who, because of toe transitory nature of their parents' employment frequently reach adulthood without proper education." Duncan was congratulated for Oregon's performance by an opponent who however re minded him that "this does not necessarily follow as far as the other states are con cerned," A Texas congress man quoted wages as low as 20 cents an hour for domestic help being paid in Texas, squalid living conditions and discrimination against Mexi can - Americans doing crop work perishable crops are ready, they must be picked. And he praised the efforts of Rogue River Valley farmers to ob tain harvesting help before contracting for braceros. He also pointed with pride to the "advanced migratory labor legislation" in Oregon "to pro tect these people from exploi tation, and to relieve them from the most pressing of the social problems with which they are faced." "These laws Include law that license labor leaders, that impose strict standards of public health with which growers must comply," he continued, "safely regulations on the highways and-get this a pilot program to provide education for the children of Mrs. Green said "as a re sult of this program, poverty competes against poverty to produce more poverty." "This program, originally enacted In the 82nd Congress in 19S1 as a temporary meas ure is a reason why the Amer ican farm workers, one of the poorest work groups in the United States, were able lit calendar 1961 to earn an av-er-age of about $880 a year for the 134 days of farm work they were able to obtain," she said. "The program also hurts family farms, as the corporate farms are Use principal em- ployers of braceros, and are thus able to cut costs In a way not available to family I farms who employ tew hired workers ..." The debate was carried by Californians and Texas, those with most to lose from the demise of the law. One Cali fornian extolled the virtues of having braceros, saying they increased the fringe ben efits to domestic workers and upgraded wages. However he was followed by another Cali fornian who said: "As a health educator in the State of California, I did enter a bracero camp and found that their facilities were good. But then I crossed to the other tide of the road and 1 found our owe worker! eat ing on the floor. "... we were also asked if we had seen the health facilities made available to the braceros, and 1 say that I have. But I have also seen the type of health facilities that are made available to the Americans, which are, In effect, no facilities at all." Statistics from the Agricul ture Department for the past ten years were cited to show, if not a decrease, at least a plateau of wage rates in areas where braceros are used. For instance, wagei for farm workers generally have risen from S3 cents to U5 cents an hour during the past ten years, but in bracero areas wages have held to around 80 cents an hour. Duncan, when asked about this, said that If this was so it wi the administrative re sponsibility of the Depart ment of Agriculture who should see to it that domestic workers' wages are protected when braceros are brought in. When asked U recruitment programs for Americans shouldn t be strengthened, he said we have them but the growers haven't made them work. Qthe bible P SPEAKS TO YOU f" Sunday, 9:00 a.m. K-SHA-860 kc "Ym Don't Hm to Diink" Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF TTfHEtf JOAN CRAWFORD and Bette Davis were co- starring in a motion picture. 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