Date: August 15, 1963
Subject: Farm Worker Benefits
Description: McCarthy (D-MN) amendment in the form of a substitute bill (1) extending the program through 1964; (2) requiring farmers to offer domestic farm workers workmen's compensation or occupational insurance coverage, housing, transportation and work period guarantees comparable to those offered foriegn workers before they could qualify to obtain Mexican farm workers under the program; and (3) directing the Secretary of Labor to insure that sufficient domestic workers would be available to replace Mexicans after December 1964.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 45-45
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