In a bill drafted for introduction in the House ###Rep. Francis Case, Republican of South Dakota, proposes the entry of 100,000 ### workers from Germany, Austria and Italy, including DP’s, to fill labor short## in this country. The bill calls for 36,000 general farm laborers, 25,000 domestis 12,000 vegetable and best sugar growers, 12,000 dairy workers, 10,000 hospital ##nts and 5,000 mechanics, bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers and masons.
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