March and April, 1951, 1951

The papers contain an abundance of material on the Imperial Valley campaign, including: a lengthy report by Galarza on the Valley (March 12); a report listing the individual growers accused of violating the US-Mexican Agreement, with attached correspondence between the NFLU and various government officials on the problem (March 29); and an NFLU press release on the union's demands to the Imperial Valley Farmers Association (April 27). There are reports from Galarza and Texas organizer George F. Webber on their attempts to make contact with Mexican unions to help stop the "wetback" flow (March 9; April 5). The President's Commission on Migratory Labor released its report during April; the report itself does not appear in the papers, but there is an NFLU press release on it and a letter from Mitchell to his staff on getting the Commission's recommendations implemented (April 9)