"why braceros?" is a 1962 film by the council of california growers which argues in favor of a guest worker program that began in 1942 due to world war ii labor shortages. the agreement between the u.s. and mexico allowed bracero to be transported across the border when farmers and agribusinesses cannot hire american workers. at the program's peak between 1956-1959, 400,000 mexican workers participated each year. the program was discontinued when congress decided not to extend the law in 1964. ♪ >> farming is america's biggest industry. while most industries have made advances in productivity, agriculture has outpaced them all. one of the reasons has been intense mechanization. progress has been impressive. however, some crops must be harvested by hand. where such things as inspection, cutting, and handling are basic to quality. every hand-picked crop is under intensive study. the constant flow of experimental equipment is on trial, all designed to relieve the burden of manual labor. until each piece

>> inshore -- >> in short, the big question in many minds is why braceros? the question is so widespread that we consider it a public service to tell the why and how of braceros. many crops call for us to blaber especially at harvest when demand for labor it's at its peak. it is not easy to find people willing to take on such undesirable work so the farmer must begin precluding his seasonal labor force long before his labor needs reach a critical point. once he has estimated the number of men needed, he coasted to potential sources. one of them is the form placement service, that combines federal and state agencies with been looking for american farmers who have worked to be done. weeks before the season, the groom registers the jobs he has to offer, the types of work, the pay rates. this agency does an excellent recruiting job. workers able than willing to do business labor are always in short supply. he goes to a second source. a private labor recruiting association, an organized effort to recruit the labor force of their own. weeks in advance, he notifies

until they are ready, most braceros are a necessary supplement to our cruise. in spanish, braceros means a man who works with arms and hands, but an american lingo, they are called lifesavers, and they are, not only to the farmers, but today housewife, the grocer, the transporter, the candor and a processor into all of the other industries whose output and very existence are so closely interlocked independent on the continued supply of such crops. ♪ monday, executives of the american cable association matthew pocar and talk about the future of the cable industry. in the fcc's plan to open the market for companies to build set-top boxes and the regulation of the internet. networksd all of their will require that they be carried on the most widely distributed level of service and so does everybody else. we had up with a bundle of bundles that everybody has to take. disaggregate the bundle and 70 people as they wish. most consumers do not recognize that if that happens, the price of the individual channels or the bundle of channels is going to skyrocket. >> do you

they started the bracero program in 1942. we went into the war and they brought in many of people to mexico to be farm labor. what happened is after the war ended the kept bringing more and more people in, and the local workers' wages dropped to $.50 an hour. they would bring in the braceros and not hire the local workers. i grew up in stockton, california. i started my first organization of farmworkers called the agricultural workers association. of thet -- as part afl-cio. but i left the organization because i felt they were not doing the kind of organizing that was going to be successful. that's when we started united farmworkers. we organized from 1962 to 1965, for three years. in 1965 we had a huge strike with thousands of workers on strike. announcer: striking grape workers begin a 300 mile pilgrimage northward. delores huerta: that went on for five years. the strike started in 1965 and did not end until 1970. we could not win because they kept arresting us and bringing in more and more strikebreakers. we started a boyc

"why braceros?" a 1962 film by the council of california growers which argues in favor of a guest worker program that began in 1942 due to world war ii labor shortages. the agreement between the u.s. and mexico allowed bracero to be transported across the border when farmers and agribusinesses cannot hire american workers. at the program's peak between 1956-1959, 400,000 mexican workers participated each year.

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the big question and many mines is, why -- in many minds is, why braceros? >> sunday morning at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "road to the white house rewind." >> my view is that the soviets are aggressive. they have overstayed in afghanistan. they have bitten off more than they should be allowed to digest, and i think that the best answer to it is for them to know that the united states is going to keep its commitment. >> i agree completely. inre people want to be free, soviet or cuban domination, the united states should be willing to provide weapons to any men that want to fight for their freedom against those hostile forces. >> the 1980 texas republican primary debate between former california governor ronald reagan and former cia director george h.w. bush. at 6:00 on american artifacts -- >> the hart building is also the least of the classical buildings. the russell building is very neoclassical. the dirksen building is sort of a mirror image of a neoclassical building, a little plane -- pla iner, but the hart building is very modern. some people have compared

"why braceros?" is a 1962 film by the council of california growers which argues in favor of a guest worker program that began in 1942 due to world war ii labor shortages. the agreement between the u.s. and mexico allowed bracero to be transported across the border when farmers and agribusinesses cannot hire american workers. at the program's peak between