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Show Sen. Bennett Sets Hearings on Wages Hearings to determine whether or not Mexican labor will have an adverse effect on agricultural wages in Utah, Colorado, and other Western states will be held March 7 in Denver, it was disclosed dis-closed by the Office of Senator Wallace F. Bennett. The hearing will be at the Hilton Hotel at 9:30 a.m., and will be conducted by the Department De-partment of Labor. The hearing will be held under authorization of the Agricultural Act of 1949, which prohibits the Secretary of Labor from making Mexican workers available for employment in any area unless he has determined that sufficient American workers are not available avail-able and that employment of the Mexican workers will not adversely ad-versely affect the wages and working conditions of American workers similarly employed. |