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 57 STAT.] MEXICO--MIGRATION OF AGRICULTURAL WORKIERS--AI'I. 2(, 1943 originate from point of origin to border points and compliance of immigration requirements, or for any other similar concept, shall be paid exclusively by the employer or the contractual parties. 'II. The worker shall be paid in full the salary agreed upon, from which no deductions shall be made in any amount for any of the concepts mentioned in the above sub-paragraph. 'III. The employer or contractor shall issue a bond or con- stitute a deposit in cash in the Bank of Workers, or in the absence of same, in the Bank of Mexico, to the entire satisfaction of the respective labor authorities, for a sum equal to repatriation costs of the worker and his family, and those originated by trans- portation to point of origin. 'Once the employer establishes proof of having covered such expenses or the refusal of the worker to return to his country, and that he does not owe the worker any sum covering salary or indemnization to which he might have a right, the labor authori- ties shall authorize the return of the deposit or the cancellation of the bond issued.' "It is specifically understood that the provisions of Section III of Article 29 above-mentioned shall not apply to the Govern- ment of the United States notwithstanding the inclusion of this section in the agreement, in view of the obligations assumed by the United States Government under Transportation (a) and (c) of this agreement. "4) Mexicans entering the United States under this under- standing shall not be employed to displace other workers, or for the purpose of reducing rates of pay previously established. "In order to implement the application of the general prin- ciples mentioned above the following specific clauses are estab- lished: "(When the word 'employer' is used hereinafter it shall be understood to mean the Farm Security Administration of the Department of Agriculture of the United States of America; the word 'sub-employer' shall mean the owner or operator of the farm or farms in the United States on which the Mexican will be employed; the word 'worker' hereinafter used shall refer to the Mexican farm laborer entering the United States under this understanding.) "Contracts "a. Contracts will be made between the employer and the worker under the supervision of the Mexican Government. (Contracts must be written in Spanish.) 1159

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