January to July, 1947, 1947

The Thirteenth Annual Convention was held at Washington, D.C. from January 13 to 15; the papers include a press release, the report of the Executive Council, and the NFLU Constitution as amended by the Convention (Jan. 13). Other items of special interest include: two formal statements by Mitchell, one to the House Agriculture Committee on Farm Labor Bill H.R. 3367 (June 18), and the other to a USDA hearing on "Minimum Wage Rates of Sugar Cane Workers" (July 26); an exchange between Mitchell and the U.S. Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization on the "wetback" problem (April 17 and 23); and a memorandum by NFLU Texas organizer George Webber on the importation of Mexican Nationals in the Rio Grande Valley (July 15), followed by a reply from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (July 31)