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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. metaxmum emrloey- "24. The United States Delegation declares that in view of the existing situation that does not permit the representative of the United States Department of Labor to fix a minimum weekly wage rate, because of lack of statutory authority, said Department will use its good offices in order that the Mexican workers may obtain maximum employment and wage rates. However, information in regard to salary and working conditions is to be circulated among the workers in the contracting centers, in the manner specified in the final Ante, p. 3889. paragraph of Article 3 of this agreement with a view that the workers themselves may be in a position to decline employment offered if the contracting conditions and wage rates do not appear to be to their interests. Withholding of per- "25. With a view to establishing savings funds, the employer shall withhold currently from the wages of the worker ten per cent of the wages due him and in regular pay days shall furnish him a signed acknowledgment in writing, typewritten or in ink, of the amount which has been withheld during the pay period. All wages so with- held are to be paid the worker upon termination of the contract in a certified or cashier's bank check to his order which must bear the stamp of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service which shall be affixed at the time the worker crosses the international border into Mexico; such check shall be in dollars and in a form negotiable through any bank in Mexico once it has been endorsed as indicated. "26. Article IX of the Consular Convention between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, formalized between 57 Stat. 811. the two Governments on August 12, 1942, shall apply in regard to Mexican workers in the case of all rights established therein. Change of status. "27. The Mexican Government reserves the right to require a change of status of any Mexican workers involved, after a study of the circumstances in case labor questions arise. litenewal or con- "28. Renewal of existing contracts may be made within the terms of this agreement on the conditions that all workers whose contracts are so renewed will retain their right to be returned to their place of contracting in Mexico. Illegalmigration. "29. With a view to cooperation in the objective of this agreement the appropriate authorities of both Governments shall take all proper measures to prevent the illegal migration of Mexican agricultural workers to the United States and to insure the prompt repatriation of Mexican workers illegally in the United States. Publicity. "30. Both delegations will recommend to their respective Govern- ments the greatest publicity for these measures and their underlying reasons, in order that the authorities charged with their application can count upon the fullest support of public opinion in both countries, this publicity to be made simultaneously and on a date to be agreed upon by both Chanceries. MeFilceto return to "31. The presence in United States territory of workers who fail to return to Mexico after the period for which they are contracted or recontracted shall be considered illegal. Libertytopurtse "32. The worker shall enjoy absolute liberty to purchase articles for his personal use in the place most convenient to him.icles for his personal use in the place most convenient to him. 3892

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