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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. zas, Chief of the Interdepartmental Office, Mexicali, Baja California; and Daniel Chavez, Viceconsul of Mexico at El Paso, Texas. "The United States Government at the same time designated the following delegation; "As DELEGATES: William G. MacLean, Economic Adviser, Divi- sion of Mexican Affairs, Department of State; Watson B. Miller, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization; and Willard F. Kelly, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, of the Department of Justice; and Walter Erb, Acting Assistant Director for Farm Placement, United States Employment Service, Department of Labor. "As ADVISERS: Albert D. Misler, Chief Attorney, Department of Labor; William A. Whalen, District Director, United States Immigra- tion and Naturalization Service, San Antonio, Texas; Grover C. Wilmoth, District Director, United States Immigration and Naturali- zation Service, El Paso, Texas; William A. Carmichael, District Director, United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, Los Angeles, California; Robert H. Robinson, Examiner, United States Immigration and Naturalization Service; Stephen E. Aguirre, Consul of the United States of America, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico; and G. Wallace La Rue, Consul of the United States of America, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. "The two delegations having met in joint session in the City of El Paso, Texas, from November 20, 1947, to December 2, 1947, followed by a further meeting in Mexico on February 9-11, 1948, between Mr. Maurice L. Stafford, First Secretary of the Embassy of the United States, and Dr. Alfonso Guerra, Oficial Mayor of the Ministry for Foreign Relations of the United Mexican States, and after full recon- sideration of every prospect of the problem adopts the following resolutions as recommendations to their respective Governments with the understanding that they are to be made effective between the two Governments, if approved, by an exchange of notes through diplo- matic channels, both delegations being in accord in recommending to their respective Governments that from the date of said notes, all future contracting of Mexican agricultural workers for employment in the United States, as well as the recontracting of those Mexican workers actually in the United States, should be governed by the terms of this Agreement. contrt. "1. The contracts, whether renewals or new, will be on a direct worker to employer basis, with intervention by the two Governments, which shall oversee their observance in the form specified in this document. It is mutually understood that the term "employer" refers to the owner or operator of an agricultural property in the United States or to an association of such, and that the term "worker" refers to a Mexican national who is an agricultural worker. "2. The form of contract which should be used accompanies this agreement, with the understanding that if it is considered necessary to make fundamental changes therein, such changes shall be the subject of consultation and agreement between the two Governments through diplomatic channels. 3888

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