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TLS as president, one page, 7.25 x 10, White House letterhead, November 5, 1949. Letter to Norman Thomas, in part: “Your letter of October 7 with reference to a communication from Mr. H L. Mitchell, President of the National Farm Labor Union, concerning problems of agricultural workers, raises several questions which are being studied by the Department of Labor.
The Department currently is considering the feasibility of recommending the establishment of a Presidential Commission on Agricultural Problems, and is also making a survey of all programs involving the use of foreign farm labor to make sure that domestic resources are properly utilized before the importation of outside workers is authorized. This is in line with the long-established policy of the government to refuse admittance to foreign labor if qualified American workers are available.
Please be assured that whether or not a Presidential Commission is authorized the problem of adequate living standards and other problems of farm workers are matters which will receive continual consideration by the Administration. Great as our progress has been, there remain to be done many things to alleviate conditions in this important segment of our economy.” Impressively cloth-matted and framed with a portrait photo and two engraved plates to an overall size of 24.5 x 22.5. In fine condition.
President Truman’s Commission on Migratory Labor was established on June 3, 1950, by Executive Order 10129. On April 7, 1951, Truman released the following statement on the commission’s initial findings: ‘I have today received the report of the Commission on Migratory Labor which I appointed in June 1950. I asked this Commission to investigate the whole range of problems associated with the use of migratory labor to meet agricultural labor needs.
This report makes an impressive contribution to a subject which should be of serious concern to all of us. It will be useful to Government officials and the general public alike. The report contains a careful and painstaking collection of the basic facts about social, economic, health, and educational conditions among migratory workers. It analyzes in detail the forces which have caused increasing use of migrants, particularly foreign workers, in agriculture. It deals systematically with basic public policy issues.
The report suggests that primary reliance must be placed on the use--and better use-of our domestic farm labor force. The report makes a number of suggestions and recommendations for Federal and State legislative and administrative action. The report represents diligent and careful work on the part of the Commission and deserves the careful consideration of all of us – of the Congress, the executive agencies, and the general public.’
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