A collection of letters, telegrams, news clippings, & U.S. govt. documents. Examples are: One letter (1/20/53) from Jesse W. Tapp (Chairman, Agricultural Committee, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce) to Bd. of Directors re/ 2 page report on “Agri-cultural Labor;” 1 newsclipping, “Deluge of Wetbacks Hits Peak,” “Labor Paper-Jan. 17, 1953;” 1 copy of U.S. Dept. of Labor, Information Concerning Entry of Mexican Agri-cultural Workers into the United States Public Law 78, 82nd Congress . . . Standard Work Contract, as Amended (14 pp.); 1 Western Union telegram (1/22/53) from El Cajon constituent Montelle Spring-stead & Wilson’s reply (1/26/53) re/ “crossing card for Mexican workers” needed; 1 postal card (2/12/53) from Lakeside constituent Milton Paupet & Wilson’s reply (2/19/53) re/ support for crossing card system; 2 news clippings—“Beginning to Win War on Wetbacks, Say Officials” & “Card System Favored For Mexican Workers,” Evening Tribune (1/16 & 6/11/53); a 4 page copy of a commentary to the House of Representatives (author not listed) regarding “the so-called ‘wetback’” problem & recommendation for a crossing card system; 1 letter (2/2/53) from Charles H. Forward (Law Offices of Luce, Forward, Kunzel & Scripps) & attached copies of San Diego Farmers, Inc. News Letter (1/28/53) (2 pp.) & “Special Farm Labor Committee February 11-12, 1953 Attendance” (2 pp.) re/ “Mexican labor situation” & critiques of labor unions; 1 copy (n.d.) of “Statement of the Honorable Martin F. Durkin, Secretary of Labor” (3 pp.); 1 letter (1/16/53) from Charles H. Forward (Attorney at Law), Wilson’s reply (1/27/53) & attached news clipping—“Card System Favored For Mexican Workers,” “The Union’s Washington Bureau” (1/15/53) re/ personal commentary by Mr. Forward on his experience with Mexican laborers on his ranch & need for more than a one day crossing card system; small packet of letters & a telegram (Jan.-Feb. 1953) from S.C. Mathews (Chairman, Labor Committee, S.D. County Farm Bureau), Congressman Wilson, Aaron A. Riesland (Chula Vista Mutual Lemon Assn.), Chas. E. Gibbs (Executive Sec., Associated Farmers of California, Inc.) & a copy of “Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors . . . Sacramento, California—January 20, 1953” re/ need for a Congressional administrative committee on Mexican labor, discussion on crossing cards & other related problems; 1 copy of Oakley Hunter, “Your Congressman Reports from Washington (Weekly Column No. 106—Hedup, For Release Feb. 26, 1953) (2 pp.) re/ the following topics—“America in Paris . . . Appropriation Axe Sharpened . . . Quotable Quotes . . . Mules and DDT . . . New Confidence Shown . . . New WashingtonTrends . . . Straws in the Wind;” 1 postal card (2/15/53) from Joseph L. Laib (Vista) & Wilson’s reply (2/25/53) re/ support for a crossing card system; small packet containing letters (2/24, 2/26, & 3/4/53) from Congressmen Winston L. Prouty & Bob Wilson, James C. Fox (Officer in Charge, USINS, Vermont) & attached copies of “United States of America Non Resident Alien’s Border Crossing Card” & “Petition For Permission to Import Nonimmigrant Aliens” re/ copies of U.S. Govt. forms I-151, I-186, & I-129B that Congressman Wilson had requested; 1 letter (2/10/53) from Ivan A. Wood (Manager, S.D. County Farmers, Inc.) & Wilson’s reply (2/24/53) re/ discussion on crossing card system & contract labor based on (Public Law 78 & 1951 Migrant Labor Act); 2 letters (2/24 & 2/25/53) from Ellis S. Coman (Sec’y-Treas., CA Farm Labor Assn.) re/ “To All Members” & attached attached recommendations of Labor Advisory Committee On Farm Labor, February 17, 1953” re/ emphasis on the controversy between agricultural & labor interests as to foreign workers; copies of letters (2/9 & 2/23/53) from Trevin De Shetler (CIO Regional Dir., CA) to Sec. of Labor Martin P. Durkin & to Congressman Wilson re/ a critique of labor conditions in Imperial Valley in which Mexican Nationals have replaced American citizens; letters (2/26 & 3/3/53) from Edward C. Clark (Ex. Sec., S.D. County Farm Bureau) & Arthur A. Ohnimus (Chief Clerk, Assembly, CA Legislature) & attached copy of Assembly Joint Resolution No. 2 (2/27/53) re/ thanking Wilson for his interest in a crossing card system & notice of the Assembly’s resolution in support of closing the U.S.-Mexican border to all minors who are not accompanied by adults; 1 letter (2/23/53) from La Mesa constituents Mr. & Mrs. Clyde S. Rigney & Wilson’s reply (3/2/53) re/ commentary on crossing card issue by a poultry rancher; small packet of corresp. (3/53) from Congressman Wilson, Samuel S. Vener Co., T. Yano (Palm City farmer) & S.C. Mathews (S.D. County Farm Bureau) re/ border crossing permits for Mexican laborers; 1 letter (2/17/53) from Ellis S. Coman (Sec’y-Treas., CA Farm Labor Assn.), Wilson’s reply (3/10/53) & a 3/3/53 notice to all CA Farm Labor Assn. members re/ Coman’s 3 page briefing “on the problems of supplemental agricultural labor for California” & info. on key hearings in Washington on this topic; 1 letter (4/14/53) from George H. Wilson (Pres., CA Farm Bureau Federation) & Wilson’s reply (4/14/53) re/ support for “Farm Labor Bill H.R. 3480, Hope of Kansas, extending the Mexican farm labor importation until December 31, 1956;” 1 copy of The Commonwealth (Vol. XXIX, No. 16, April 20, 1956) featuring articles on “’Wetbacks’ and Mexican National Agreements;” 1 letter (4/8/53) from Ivan A. Wood (Manager, S.D. County Farmers, Inc.) & attached copy of Ivan Wood, “Legal Labor vs. the ‘Wet Back’” re/ “the argue-ments both pro and con in the complicated imported farm labor set up;” 1 letter (4/24/53) from Edward C. Clark (Exec. Sec., S.D. County Farm Bureau) & Wilson’s reply (5/4/53) re/ comments on H.R. 4353, foreign trade & H.R. 3203 (trip leasing); 2 letters (5/4 & 5/7/53) from Irwin L. DeShetler (CIO Regional Dir.) re/ Mr. De-Shelter’s letter to Sec. of Labor Martin P. Durkin “concerning the employment of Mexican-Nationals in the packing of lettuce & Public Law 78; 2 Western Union telegrams (5/12 & 5/14/53) from Ivan A. Wood (S.D. County Farmers, Inc.), Elmer Allen (Mgr., Fallbrook Citrus, Assn.) & 1 letter (5/11/53) from Ellis S. Coman (Sec’y-Treas., CA Farm Labor Assn.) in opposition to allowing Article 21 of the International Agreement to be interpreted so as to allow American labor unions to represent Mexican-National agricultural workers.