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The Problem of Migratory Farm Labor in the United States, 1948-1953

This collection focuses on the problem of migratory farm labor in the U.S. The collection includes 85 documents totaling 353 pages covering the years 1948 through 1952. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts and public papers.

President Truman with the Commission on Migratory Labor, April 7, 1951.

Documents

Displaying 1 - 85 of 85 documents

1948

Correspondence Between Joseph Joebken and John Steelman
Correspondence Between Tom F. Baker and John Steelman

1949

Correspondence Between Clinton P. Anderson and Harry S. Truman
Correspondence Between Harry S. Truman and Clinton P. Anderson
Correspondence Between Harry S. Truman and Helen Gahagan Douglas
Correspondence Between Roy Wilkins and Harry S. Truman
Correspondence Between Tom F. Baker and John Steelman
David K. Niles to Harry S. Truman
David K. Niles to Harry S. Truman With Attachments
Joe Ryan to Harry S. Truman
Philleo Nash to David H. Stowe, With Attachments
Sheridan Downey to John Steelman, With Attached Note
Testimony of Austin E. Anson Before House Labor Committee
William P. Darsie to John R. Steelman, With Attachment

1950

"The Migratory Worker in the American Agricultural Labor Force"
Acting Administrator, Federal Security Agency to Maurice T. Van Hecke
Allan Hurst to Samuel Liss
Carl Hayden to Harry S. Truman, With Referral to Secretary of Labor
F.R. Cuellar and F.G. Vallez to Maurice T. Van Hecke
Hector Garcia to Harry S. Truman
Jesus Clemente to Harry S. Truman
Louis Neuendorf to Harry S. Truman, with Attachment
Meeting Agenda
Nicholas C. Dragon, Elmer F. Vickers, et al., "A Report To President Truman’s Commission on Migrant and Alien Labor"
Press Release, Commission on Migratory Labor
Press Release, President’s Commission on Migratory Labor
R.E. Browne to President’s Commission on Migratory Labor
Remarks by John S. Sholl Before the President’s Commission on Migratory Labor
Robert C. Jones, "Mexico-United States Agricultural Labor Recruitment Program and Its Operation"
Statement of C. B. Ray Before the Commission on Migratory Labor
Statement of C. H. DeVaney Before the President’s Commission on Migratory Labor
Statement of Clarence Mitchell Before the President’s Commission on Migratory Labor
Statement of Delmar Roberts Before the President’s Commission on Migratory Labor
Statement of Donald Henderson to the President’s Commission on Migrantory Labor
Statement of Ernst Schwarz Before the President's Commission on Migratory Labor
Statement of J. T. Sanders, National Grange, Before the President’s Commission on Migratory Labor
Statement of Reverend William J. Gibbons Before the President’s Commission on Migratory Labor