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 62 STAT.] MEXICO-AGRICULTURAL WORKERS-FEB. 20, 21, 1948 "3. Employers in the United States will be permitted to contract Mexican agricultural workers under this agreement for employment in a previously specified area. The appropriate authorities of the United States will inform those of Mexico three months in advance of the number of workers which may be required for the following period, and the Government of Mexico will make available the maximum number compatible with the labor needs of the Republic of Mexico. Said employers must (a) have certification by the United Certification ofneed. States Employment Service of the United States Department of Labor that workers are needed in that specified area, and that domestic workers are not available at prevailing wages in that area, and (b) be in Authorization. possession of written authorization from the Immigration and Natu- ralization Service of the United States to bring in a specified number of such workers. "A copy of the certification mentioned in section (a) above shall be forwarded directly to the Mexican Ministry of Labor by the United States Employment Service. In order that the workers may have previous knowledge of the nature of the employment offered, the employer will furnish them complete information at the contract- ing centers, with the assistance of the Mexican authorities, in regard to name and address of employer, climate in the place of employment, salaries, and all other pertinent data. "4. The authorizations specified in section (b) of the preceding paragraph should be granted only to those employers who post a bond or other satisfactory collateral with the Immigration and Naturalization Service sufficiently large to guarantee the return of the worker to his place of contract in Mexico without cost to him. "5. Mexican workers entering the United States under the terms Militaryservice. of this agreement shall not be obligated to engage in any military service. "6. In accordance with Executive Order No. 9346, issued by the Discriminatory acts President of the United States on May 27, 1943, Mexican workers in 3CFR,Cum.supp., the United States under this agreement shall not suffer discrimina- p' ' tory acts of any kind. For the purposes of this article the appro- priate agencies of both Governments shall cooperate. "7. Mexicans entering the United States under this agreement Displacement of other workers: redue. shall not be employed to displace other workers, or for the purpose of tion in rates of py. reducing rates of pay previously established. "8. Contracts will be made between the employer and the worker Exchange of diplo. under the supervision of a representative of each of the two Govern- maticnoe. ments, and they must be written in Spanish and in English. The places of contract in the Republic of Mexico shall be freely determined by the Government of Mexico and advice thereof given to the Ameri- can Government within three months from the time of notification of the number of workers needed by means of an exchange of diplomatic notes between the two Governments. It is understood that they shall not be south of a line from coast to coast through Guadalajara and Queretaro. "The transportation of the worker from the place of contract to Transportation ex- the place of employment and return to place of contract in Mexico, pense . 3889

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