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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA agricultural experiment STATION 
 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE °^"''- '°^ «""'-"• ""'"^nt 
 
 THOMAS FORSVTH HUNT, Dean AN D DiRECTOn 
 
 BERKELEY h. t.. van norman, vice-dircctor and dean 
 
 University Farm School 
 
 EMERGENCY FARM LABOR AGENCIES 
 
 By R. L. ADAMS* 
 July, 1918 
 
 Within this state there are a number of organizations — federal, 
 state and private — equipped for supplying farmers with help and 
 workers with jobs. Anyone in need of assistance, either to find work 
 or to obtain workers, should be acquainted with the scope of these 
 various agencies and should know how to get into touch with them. 
 
 CALIFORNIA PUBLIC FARM LABOR EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES 
 
 By means of special state and federal appropriations the activities 
 of the State Public Employment Bureaus and of the United States 
 Department of Labor, as they affect farm labor in California, have 
 been merged into a cooperative working plan. Under the new arrange- 
 ment a chain of employment offices is maintained throughout the 
 length and breadth of the state. The organization is thus undertaking 
 the task of bringing workers and employers together, in order to effect 
 better utilization of present supplies of labor. 
 
 Under the cooperative agreement, the original list of offices is 
 extended to include localities not formerly served, duplicate offices are 
 being eliminated, men with proper qualifications are being chosen to 
 select all ranch help for shipment, and a "clearing-house" bureau of 
 information is being developed to collect data of coming need or release 
 of men so that their redistribution can be brought about with a mini- 
 mum of waste effort. 
 
 Requests for workers or applications for ordinary farm jobs should 
 be directed to the nearest office. Women and girls, or boys under 
 21 years of age, who are not in the habit of doing ranch work, may 
 prefer to join respectively the Woman's Land Army, the United 
 States Boys' Working Reserve, or the Boy Scouts, descriptions of 
 which are given elsewhere. 
 
 Offices are of two classes, either permanent ones open the year 
 
 round, or sub-offices open only during periods of seasonal demand. 
 
 The locations of the various offices, with the names of the men in 
 
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 * State Farm Labor Agent for| ^ g_ Department of Agriculture. 
 
charge, are given in the table immediately below. Where two officials 
 have the same address, in some cases the state man has the chief re- 
 sponsibility, in other eases the federal man. 
 
 OFFICIALS AND LOCATION OF CALIFORNIA FARM LABOR PUBLIC 
 EMPLOYMENT OFFICES 
 
 STATE OPFICEKS 
 
 Federal Representative in Charge of State Work: W. T. Boyce, Director of U. S. 
 Employment Service, 804 Glaus Spreekels Building, San Eraneisco, tele- 
 phone Douglas 1610. 
 
 State Officers: C. B. Sexton, Superintendent of Bureaus, 933 Mission St., San 
 Francisco, telephone Douglas 5200, reporting to John P. McLaughlin, Labor 
 Commissioner, Mechanics Building, 948 Market St., Sa;n Francisco. 
 
 MAIN OFFICES AND OFFICIALS 
 
 Note: — (f) Means office is financed solely from federal funds; (s) means 
 office is financed solely from state funds. (In Los Angeles the state .official is 
 salaried chiefly from city funds.) 
 
 Office Location Official in Charge 
 
 Bakersfield (f) Post Office Building H. E. Harris 
 
 El Centro (f) b28 Main St. Merrill L. Warne 
 
 Fresno (s) 1834 Kern St. W. G. Maas 
 
 Los Angeles (f ) Post Office Building Emil J. Bernatche 
 
 Los Angeles (s) 207 South Broadway Wm. L. Clark 
 
 Modesto (f) 804 Ninth St. Geo. T. McCabe 
 
 Oakland (f) 401 Tenth St. F. N. Dodd 
 
 Oakland (s) 401 Tenth St. Mrs. H. Power 
 
 Sacramento (f) 915 Second St. L. M. Young 
 
 Sacramento (s) Men's Dept., 915 Second St. F. W. Chapman 
 
 Sacramento (s) Women's Dept., Forum Bldg. Anna E. Purdy ■ 
 
 San Diego (f) Post Office Building Eoy D. Lindsey 
 
 San Francisco (f) Men 's Dept., 2 Appraisers Bldg. D. J. Griffiths 
 
 San Francisco (f) Women's Dept., Chronicle Bldg., Mrs. Virginia Spinks 
 
 Market and Kearney Sts. 
 
 San Francisco (s) Men's Dept., 933 Mission St. W. A. Granfield 
 
 San Francisco (s) Women's Dept., Pacific Bldg. Mrs. L. M. Hall 
 
 San Jose (f) 176 South Market St. Thos. Graham 
 
 San Jose (s) 176 South Market St. Geo. Moody 
 
 Stockton (s) 200 South San Joaquin St. Rudolph T. Brahm 
 
 Stockton (f ) 200 South San Joaquin St. Walter S. Clough 
 
 SEASONAL OFFICES AND OFFICIALS 
 
 Location of Oppioe Official in Charge 
 
 Alturast (s) j. w. Oummings 
 
 Anderson (s) -VVm. Eice 
 
 Antioch (f) j_ p_ Taylor 
 
 Bieber (s) T. J. Dunlap 
 
 CedarviUe (s) W. L. Turner 
 
OrFiCE 
 Chicot (s) 
 Colusa (s) 
 Crescent City (s) 
 Eurekat (s) 
 Grass Valley (s) 
 Hanford (f) 
 Hayward (f) 
 Hemet (f) 
 Hollister (£) 
 Loyalton (f) 
 Madera (f) 
 Marysvillef (s) 
 Merced (f) 
 Napa (s) 
 Newcastle (s) 
 Oxnard (f) 
 Plaeerville (s) 
 Porterville (f) 
 Red BlufE (f) 
 Eeddingt (s) 
 Salinas (f) 
 San Bernardino (f) 
 Santa Ana (f) 
 Santa Barbaraf (f ) 
 Santa Rosat (f) 
 Sebastopol (s) 
 Susan ville (s) 
 Tehama (a) 
 Ukiah (s) 
 Vacaville (s) 
 Visalia (f) 
 Watsonville (f) 
 
 Willowsf (s) 
 Winters (s) 
 Yreka (s) 
 
 Location 
 409 Third St. 
 
 215 D St. 
 
 Farm Bureau Office 
 
 Farm Bureau Of&ce 
 
 Chamber of Commerce 
 
 High School 
 
 Chamber of Commerce 
 
 Chamber of Commerce 
 412 Second St. 
 Pythian Castle 
 County Court House 
 
 Farm Bureau Office 
 Chamber of Commerce 
 Chamber of Commerce 
 410 Tehama St. 
 Chamber of Commerce 
 
 Chamber of Commerce 
 Post Office Building 
 County Court House 
 
 Farm Bureau Office, Y. M. C. A. 
 Building 
 
 Chamber of Commerce 
 
 Opfioial in Charge 
 
 J. A. Mitchell 
 
 F. B. Pryor 
 
 Miss Bertha S. Childs 
 
 J. A. XJrquhart 
 
 Miss Ceta I. Hore 
 
 Mrs. Grace Davidson 
 
 Mrs. M. A. W. Lee 
 
 0. B. Waite 
 
 H. H. Whitmore 
 
 A. E. Medearis 
 
 D. R. Hanhart 
 T. O. Jones 
 
 John N. McKinnon 
 H. C. Johnson 
 F. H. Howell 
 C. J. Elliott 
 Nellie Sturges 
 Leslie W. Laumeister 
 Herman P. Hatfield 
 Lee Halstead 
 W. F. Handley 
 F. L. DeWolf 
 , Fred EafEerty 
 Wm. F. Marquette 
 J. P. McConnell 
 Harry M. Lutgens 
 W. A. Younie 
 "W. D. McCune 
 
 E. L. Albertson 
 Chas. McQuaid 
 Jas. T. Boyce 
 
 A. L. Briggs 
 E. N. Fenton 
 W. P. Womack 
 S. H. Williams 
 
 In the list immediately above, the ofBces marked t are manned by 
 agents receiving full salary and devoting all their time to bureau 
 duties. The others receive one-fourth as much salary and are expected 
 to give to the work only a portion of their time. Three offices, at 
 Independence, Oroville and Lodi, have not j^et been filled. 
 
 All farmers in need of help should arrange to use these offices 
 fully and consistently, not alone for the immediate benefits to be 
 derived from such help as they can supply, but to prove the need 
 for additional measures of relief by continually placing bona-fide 
 orders. 
 
THE WOMAN'S LAND ARMY OF AMERICA 
 
 The Woman's Land Army of America is inaugurating a nation- 
 wide patriotic movement to supply woman workers on the farms. The 
 organization is represented in California by a Northern Division <;ov- 
 ering the counties north of the Tehachapi Mountains, and a Southern 
 Division covering the eight southern counties. Applications for units 
 or requests for further information, should be directed to the 
 Woman's Land Army of America (Northern Division), 521 Under- 
 wood Building, 525 Market street, San Francisco, or to a local repre- 
 sentative as in the list given below; or to the Woman's Land Army 
 of America (Southern Division), 428 Chamber of Commerce, Los 
 Angeles. 
 
 The organization has signed up hundreds of women. Enrollment 
 is still under way. The northern California organization is prepared 
 to send out units of from ten to one hundred women of eighteen years 
 or older, who are physically fit, to work at picking, sorting, cutting, 
 wrapping, packing, drying, and canning of fruit, truck gardening 
 and light cultivation, dairying, ranch cooking, and handling of stock. 
 To use these women necessitates that farmers provide central accom- 
 modations in the way of a camp site, or other approved housing, also 
 cooking utensils and cots. Every unit will be under the direction of 
 a supervisor. Housing facilities should meet the standards of the 
 State Commission of Immigration and Housing. A minimum wage 
 scale of $2 per day at the basic rate of 25c per hour has been estab- 
 lished, but in no instance can Woman's Land Army units undercut 
 the local wage. An eight hour day is the standard day except in 
 emergencies. Overtime is to be paid at the rate of II4 times the 
 regular rate, the overtime not to exceed two hours per day. The 
 providing of seats whenever work will permit is requested' by the 
 organization. Farmers should arrange for transportation from rail- 
 road station to camp and guarantee four weeks' work. The women 
 will provide their own supervision, cooks and food. 
 
 Local chairmen are enrolling the women of their communities to 
 form local units. These women live at home but work in the neigh- 
 boring orchards, canneries, dry-yards, etc. This programme is 
 required by local conditions and has already had the re'sulf of e^Uin 
 out many women through a patriotic appeal, and of generallv Tt mu 
 latmg interest m agricultural work. ' 
 
LIST OP LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES, NORTHERN DIVISION 
 Alameda County Mrs. H. G. Tardy, County Chairman, 
 
 ^ ^, ,, I^oom 420, Central Bank Building, Oakland. 
 
 Butte County Mrs. J. A. Harvey, County Chairman, 
 
 Biggs, Calif. 
 Contra Costa County Mrs. James Hook, County Chairman, 
 
 "Walnut Creek. 
 Eldorado County Mrs. Sallie Mitchell, County Chairman, 
 
 Placer ville. 
 Humboldt County Mrs. H. W. Jackson, County Chairman, 
 
 Areata. 
 Kern County Mrs. Mary Dickinson, County Chairman, 
 
 2214 Sunset Ave., Bakersfield. 
 Kings County Mrs. Hope Pyburn-Johnson, County Chairman, 
 
 Hardwick. 
 Marin County Miss Ina Collins, County Chairman, 
 
 Box 101, Kentfield. 
 Mendocino County Mrs. E. S. Richards, County Chairman, 
 
 Talmage. 
 Mereed County Mrs. Florence S. Stebbins, County Chairman, 
 
 Merced Chamber of Commerce, Merced. 
 Placer County Mrs. Bradford Woodbridge, County Chairman, 
 
 Roseville. 
 
 Sacramento County Mrs. Hugh Bradford, Honorary Chairman, 
 
 Mrs. A. H. Degaston, County Chairman, 
 
 Room 27, County Court House, Sacramento. 
 Santa Clara County Mrs. Hermann E. Owen, County Chairman, 
 
 14 Villa St., San Jose. 
 San Mateo County Mrs. Elsa S. McGinn, County Chairman, 
 
 San Mateo. 
 San Benito County Mrs. Robert Shaw, County Chairman, 
 
 Chamber of Commerce, Hollister. 
 Solano County Mrs. P. B. McKevitt, Jr., Local Representative, 
 
 Vacaville. 
 Mrs. Henry Bird, Local Representative, 
 
 Suisun City. 
 Shasta County Mrs. W. H. Tormey, County Chairman, 
 
 Anderson. 
 Stanislaus Coimty Mrs. Mary M. Elmore, County Chairman, 
 
 Salida. 
 Tulare County Miss Winifred Carnegie Prior, County Chairman, 
 
 Lindsay. 
 Mrs. G. C. Halsey, Local Representative, 
 
 Dinuba. 
 Yolo County Mrs. Herbert Coil, County Chairman, 
 
 Woodland. 
 Yuba County Miss Mary Dinsmore, County Chairman, 
 
 Marysville. 
 
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 The southern California division states that women will be sent 
 out in groups of ten to thirty for work at hoeing, plowing, seeding, 
 packing fruit, canning, dairy work, picking fruit, planting, driving 
 team and irrigation. The worker wiU pay her own transportation. 
 Housing must conform to the requirements of the State Commission 
 of Immigration and Housing. Board may or may not be furnished 
 by the employer, but if the women provide their own board and 
 lodging, the price of meals and beds is to be reduced to a minimum. 
 LIST OF LOCAL REPEESENTATIVES, SOUTHEKN DIVISION 
 
 Mrs. Thomas "WaOker San Eernando 
 
 Mrs. H. P. Whitsett Van Nuys 
 
 Mrs. WUliam PMlbrick Ventura 
 
 Mrs. J. P. Lawton Santa Ana 
 
 Dr. O. B. Waite Hemet 
 
 Mrs. M. D. Carr Pasadena 
 
 Mrs. D. Z. Gardner South Pasadena 
 
 UNITED STATES BOYS' WORKING RESERVE 
 
 The United States Boys' Working Reserve is a federal organiza- 
 tion under the direction of the United States Department of Labor. 
 
 The organization has enrolled boys between the ages of 16 and 21 
 for farm work, who are physically fit, have ability, are of excellent 
 moral character, and desire to do patriotic service through manual labor. 
 
 The enrollment in this state is practically completed and has a 
 total of 4,711 boys divided among the various counties, as shown in 
 the following table. 
 
 United States Boys' Working Eeseeve in California 
 
 (Enrollment to June 13, 1918) 
 
 No. for 
 
 iN 0. of boys Already employment 
 
 County enrolled employed by service 
 
 Alameda 533 178 341 
 
 Amador 6 3 3 
 
 Butte 30 12 18 
 
 Calaveras 3 3 g 
 
 Colusa 27 13 n 
 
 Contra Costa 59 50 o 
 
 Eldorado 20 16 4 
 
 Fiesno 323 201 122 
 
 Glenn 41 ^^ ^ 
 
 Humboldt 28 28 
 
 Imperial I53 ^49 ^ 
 
 Inyo 16 8 8 
 
 ^•^^ 77 i33 24 
 
 Kings 21 21 
 
 Lake 21 18 7 
 
 Lassen 16 ^-^ 
 
 Los Augeles 860 403 
 
 Madera 29 25 
 
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 No for 
 
 Ommfv No. Of boys Already employment 
 
 County enrolled employed by service 
 
 Mann 5 l q 
 
 Mendocino 120 66 54 
 
 Merced 58 50 2 
 
 Modoc 29 29 
 
 Monterey 83 41 10 
 
 Napa 76 49 36 
 
 Nevada 30 ig 15 
 
 Orange 1S8 92 66 
 
 Placer 197 183 14 
 
 Eiverside 139 13 16 
 
 Sacramento 241 152 79 
 
 San Benito 22 11 11 
 
 San Bernardino 119 87 32 
 
 San Diego 94 51 43 
 
 San Francisco 248 
 
 San Joaquin 135 112 23 
 
 San Luis Obispo 4 2 2 
 
 San Mateo 11 4 6 
 
 Santa Barbara 33 21 3 
 
 Santa Clara 23 23 
 
 Santa Cruz 
 
 Shasta 38 32 6 
 
 Siskiyou 10 10 
 
 Solano 72 53 
 
 Sonoma 172 153 19 
 
 Stanislaus 140 64 77 
 
 Sutter 42 35 
 
 Tehama 5 5 
 
 Trinity 10 4 6 
 
 Tulare -- 178 178 
 
 Tuolumne 22 13 9 
 
 Ventura 98 45 53 
 
 Yolo 64 38 26 
 
 Yuba 2 2 
 
 Totals - - 4,711 2,848 1,813 
 
 Of the boys not yet employed, about 1000, drawn principally from 
 Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco, have thus far been placed 
 for the harvesting about to begin. This leaves a total of about 800 
 boys not yet placed, less whatever number may have found jobs for 
 themselves since the foregoing table was compiled. 
 
 Boys in this reserve, as long as a supply exists, may be obtained 
 under conditions of the going scale of wages, reasonable living accom- 
 modations as provided in the minimum scale of the State Commission 
 of Immigration and Housing, decent board, an eight-hour day, a 
 month's work, and a distance not to exceed 100 miles. 
 
 The supervision of boys when on farms has been undertaken by a 
 
general committee of the Young Men 's Christian Association, of which 
 William D. McRae, Country Work Secretary, Y. M. C. A. Building, 
 Los Angeles, is in charge. This committee will provide supervision 
 for approved groups of boys by means of trained men, one of whom 
 will be a resident of each group. 
 
 Boys between the ages of 16 and 21 desiring to obtain ranch work 
 should enroll with the principal of any high school, any Y. M. C. A. 
 secretary, any Farm Advisor; or they may make application directly 
 to the State Leader of Farm Advisors, Professor B. H. Croeheron, 
 4 Agriculture Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California. 
 
 Farmers desiring to utilize the United States' Boys' Working 
 Reserve should make application to the Farm. Advisor in the county 
 where the boys are to be used. If no Farm Advisor is present in the 
 county, applications may be made directly to the State Leader of 
 Farm Advisors. 
 
 The counties having Farm Advisors are : 
 
 County 
 Alameda 
 Contra Costa 
 Eldorado 
 Fresno 
 Glenn 
 Humboldt 
 Imperial 
 Kern 
 Kings 
 
 Los Angeles 
 Madera 
 Mendocino 
 Merced 
 Napa 
 Nevada 
 Orange 
 Placer 
 Riverside 
 Sacramento 
 San Diego 
 Santa Cruz 
 San Bernardino 
 Sonoma 
 Shasta 
 Solano 
 Stanislaus 
 San Joaquin 
 Sutter 
 Tehama 
 Tulare 
 Ventura 
 Yolo 
 
 Farm Advisob 
 M. A. W. Lee 
 Carl Nichols 
 
 B. J. Jones 
 Leroy B. Smith 
 W. H. Heileman 
 A. H. Christiansen 
 
 C. E. Sullivan 
 Myron Rice 
 W. Sullivan 
 J. E. Coit 
 W. N. Birch 
 Chas. S. Myszka 
 J. F. Grass, Jr. 
 H. J. Baade 
 Herman I. Graser 
 A. E. Sprague 
 
 E. 0. Amundsen 
 E. N. Wilson 
 Carl J. Williams 
 H. A. Weinland 
 H. L. Washburn 
 Herman F. Bahmeier 
 Geo. E. Merrill 
 Parker Talbot 
 J. W. Mills 
 
 A. A. Jungermann 
 R. D. Robertson 
 J. E. Stiles 
 
 B. A. Madson 
 G. M. Conner 
 E. O. Essig 
 N. P. Searles 
 
 Address of Farm Advisor 
 Chamber of Commerce, Hayward 
 Martinez 
 
 Chamber of Commerce, Plaeerville 
 317 Holland Building, Fresno 
 Willows 
 
 622 Third St., Eureka 
 El Centre 
 
 Court House, Bakersfield 
 Hanford 
 
 Court House, Los Angeles 
 Chamber of Commerce, Madera 
 XJkiah 
 
 Chamber of Commerce, Merced 
 Chamber of Commerce, Napa 
 Grass Valley 
 
 Registrar Building, Santa Ana 
 Court House, E. Auburn 
 Telephone Building, Riverside 
 Court House, Sacramento 
 Chamber of Commerce, San Diego 
 4 Cooper St., Santa Cruz 
 Chamber of Commerce, San Bernardino 
 Court House, Santa Rosa 
 Court House, Redding 
 Court House, Fairfield 
 Box 877, Modesto 
 Chamber of Commerce, Stockton 
 Mission Hall, Yuba City 
 Chamber of Commerce, Eed BlufC 
 Auditorium, Visalia 
 Court House, Ventura 
 Board of Trade, Woodland 
 
BOY SCOUTS 
 
 Boys under 16 years of age who desire to do farm work should 
 make application to the nearest Boy Scout Master. Boys younger 
 than sixteen years of age can be handled for ranch work only in units 
 under supervision such as the Scout Masters can give. 
 
 Farmers desiring to use Boy Scouts should apply to their local 
 organization, to any Farm Advisor, or to the State Farm Labor Agent, 
 Berkeley, California. 
 
 STATE AND COUNTY FARM LABOR AGENTS 
 
 The position of "State Farm Labor Agent" was an outgrowth 
 of activities of the State Council of Defense in connection with certain 
 emergency farm labor problems. The work at that time was directly 
 in charge of its Committee on Resources and Food Supplies, which 
 delegated it to the department of farm management of the College 
 of Agriculture, University of California. Later, about June 1, 
 when the United States Department of Agriculture developed its 
 system of "Farm Help Specialists," the work for California was 
 vested in the same office. Early this spring a Farmers' Committee of 
 the State Council of Defense was selected by Governor Stephens to 
 handle the agricultural work of the council. To-day, the State Farm 
 Labor Agent is responsible only for the work of the University of 
 California and the United States Department of Agriculture in this 
 state, so far as it concerns the farm labor problem. 
 
 The work of the State Farm Labor Agent has been primarily one 
 of ascertaining the facts concerning farm labor conditions in the 
 state and so far as lay in his power, to bring about measures of relief. 
 With increasing facilities — federal, state and private — equipped 
 actually to find and place labor, the responsibilities and scope of 
 activities of the State Farm Labor Agent became more and more of 
 an advisory nature. To-day, the office is primarily engaged in keeping 
 close watch of the situation by the accumulation of correct data ; by 
 cooperating with regularly constituted authorities in providing in 
 advance, so- far as possible, sufficient supplies of labor ; by assisting in 
 extending the free employment service ; and by guiding and directing 
 new activities having to do with farm labor. 
 
 The Farm Advisors, of whom there are thirty-six in the fifty-eight 
 counties of the state, are appointed as County Farm "Labor Agents. 
 They represent the State Agent in all matters pertaining to their 
 respective counties. 
 
 The office of the State Farm Labor Agent is 309 Hilgard Hall, 
 University of California, Berkeley, California. 
 
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 SUPERINTENDENTS AND FOREMEN'S POSITrONS 
 
 Because of lack of other suitable machinery, requests to fill fore- 
 man and superintendent positions are handled by the State Farm 
 Labor Agent's office. Employers needing men or experienced and 
 trained men desiring positions may make application, giving full 
 details of just what is wanted, and what is oifered. 
 
 FARMERS' COMMITTEE OF THE STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE 
 
 Late in February, Governor Wm. D. Stephens appointed, as 
 already stated, a Farmers' Committee of the State Council of Defense, 
 with Hon. Alden Anderson as chairman and an additional member- 
 ship consisting of fifteen representatives of farming interests. 
 
 Alden Anderson, Capitol Ben F. Rush, Suisun. 
 
 National Bank, Sacramento. W. S. Guilford, Willows. 
 
 John M. Perry, Sacramento. C. O. BuUis, El Centro. 
 
 P. F. Cogswell, El Monte. A. E. Bates, Modesto. 
 
 F. B. McKevitt, Sacramento. Albert Lindley, Stockton. 
 
 Wylie M. Giffen, Fresno. A. E. Hebbron, Salinas. 
 
 P. J. Dreher, Long Beach W. D. Egilbert, Willows. 
 
 Roger G. Edwards, Grass Valley. C. C. Chapman, FuUerton. 
 A. L. Wisker, Grass Valley. 
 
 This committee was appointed to investigate farm labor matters 
 and to devise measures of relief. 
 
 Mr. J. P. Dargitz is field representative for the committee. His 
 address is 915 Second street, Sacramento. 
 
 UNITED STATES PUBLIC WORKING RESERVE 
 
 The United States Department of Labor, working through a state 
 representative, Arthur B. Will, of Sacramento, is engaged in enroll- 
 mg potential city, school and college supplies of farm labor, to be held 
 m reserve for use in periods of stress. 
 
 EMERGENCY COMMERCIAL AGENCIES 
 
 Several agencies directly financed by commercial interests are actively engaged 
 m emergency work having to do with farm labor. 
 
 The Valley Fruit Growers' Association is a local farmers' non-profit organ- 
 ization, the principal aim of which is to perfect measures for meeting labor 
 shortages m fruit and general farm work. Its concern is primarily the interest 
 of Its own members, scattered throughout the counties of Fresno, Tulare, Kings 
 and Madera. The offices are at 1836 Kern street, Fresno, California. The officers 
 
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 and directors include: W. Flanders Sotchel, president; Wylie M. Giffen, vice- 
 president; S. P. Frisselle, treasurer; Frank Malcolm, P. H. McGarry, Geo. 0. 
 Eoedmg, M. F. Tarpey, 0. B. Harkness, secretary and manager. 
 
 The Imperial Valley Labor Association is prepared to handle the labor situa- 
 tion in Imperial County for the Farm Bureau, the Board of Supervisors, and the 
 County Council of Defense. Their agent is D. C. Bitler, whose address is El Centre. 
 
 The United Farmers of Santa Clara, a new organization, is operating an 
 agency in the Chamber of Commerce Building, San Jose. J. J. McDonald of 
 Milpitas is president. 
 
 The Sebastopol Berry Growers' Association is conducting a labor office for 
 the purpose of obtaining harvest help. The ofaee is in the Green Building, on 
 North Main street, Sebastopol, in the hands of garry M. Lutgens, who is also in 
 charge of the Government Employment Bureau for the Sebastopol district. 
 
 In the Vacaville district the orchardists have this year built up an organization 
 of sufficient strength to enable them to eciuip and maintain one or more central 
 camps for women fruit workers, and to quadruple the small salary of the local 
 government labor agent, so that he can give his full time to their interest. This 
 is similar to the plans of the Placer County orchardists, whose Farm Bureau has 
 opened a labor office at Newcastle in charge of an agent salaried in the same 
 way as at Vacaville. 
 
 The California and Colorado Agricultural Labor Association is an outcome 
 of experience obtained by certain sugar companies from importing Mexicans for 
 sugar beet work during the season of 1917. The association is composed of the 
 six southern California sugar companies and two Colorado companies. The com- 
 panies are represented by a committee of three — Frederick Noble, Henry C. Lee, 
 and Charles A. Johnson, all prominent sugar producers. The California office is 
 located at 515 Ceres avenue, Los Angeles, under the direct management of Chas. 
 Hill, superintendent. 
 
 IMPORTING MEXICANS 
 
 Two ways for obtaining Mexicans from Old Mexico are open to 
 California farmers. 
 
 Direct importation is possible under certain restrictions. To bring 
 Mexicans into the United States requires that application be made to 
 the United States Immigration Service. For use of Mexicans in this 
 state, application should be made to Mr. W. T. Boyce, 804 Glaus 
 Spreckels building, San Francisco. If the application is granted, an 
 agreement will be drawn up between the importer and the United 
 States Department of Labor. This agreement is a specific working 
 plan binding the employer to certain well-defined acts and responsi- 
 bilities. It stipulates the kind and period of employment, holds the 
 importer morally responsible for keeping the government posted as 
 to the desertion of this labor or its change of employer, and provides 
 that the employer shall advance transportation to the place of em- 
 ployment. It contains also the important provision that 25 cents per 
 day must be withheld from the laborer's wages, and put to his credit 
 
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 in the Postal Savings Bank, until the accumulation amounts to $100, 
 the deposit to be payable to him upon the holder's return to Mexico. 
 The gathering of Mexicajis in Mexico for shipment to the United 
 States is optional with the importer. The method will be determined 
 entirely by local conditions in the section across the border from 
 which the supply is to be drawn. Once at the border the importer 
 must pass the Mexicans through the United States Immigration Ser- 
 vice, submit them to a physical examination, furnish two unmounted 
 photos, and provide board and lodging to the place of employment. 
 Compliance with the federal terms permits importation without pay- 
 ment of bond, or head tax, and sets aside both the literacy test and 
 the contract-to-labor clause. 
 
 Indirect importation by farmers who prefer to use existing agencies 
 for importing is possible through the facilities of the California and 
 Colorado Agricultural Labor Association, whose scope is outlined 
 under "Emergency Commercial Organizations." To use the machin- 
 ery of this organization necessitates the furnishing of evidence as to 
 the moral and financial responsibility of the employer who desires 
 the labor. Cost of importation and prorata of overhead charges are 
 to be borne by the importer. Permission to import must first be 
 obtained from the United States Department of Labor as outlined 
 in the preceding paragraph. Application for use of the service should 
 then be made to the State Farm Labor Agent, 309 Hilgard Hall, Uni- 
 versity of California, Berkeley, who will arrange the necessary details 
 with the California and Colorado Agricultural Labor Association. 
 
 A third method of importation by which the state in co(3peration 
 with the United States Department of Labor will undertake to bring 
 in and house the necessary Mexicans is now being worked out. These 
 men when imported, however, will be drawn upon only on order of 
 the United States Department of Labor. Farmers needing Mexican, 
 labor should make application to the nearest public employment 
 agency for what help they need, with the understanding, however, 
 that the men are not as yet in the state and some time must elapse 
 before the plan will be in full working order. Details are being 
 arranged between the United States Employment Service and the 
 Farmers ' Committee of the State Council of Defense, whose addresses 
 are given elsewhere in this publication. 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENTS 
 
 University of California and University Farm Scliool students who might 
 otherwise be available are without exception already employed for the current 
 season. 
 
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