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Show NEW REGULATIONS PROVIDE IMPORTATION v OF MEXICAN LABOR To assist In meeting the present shortage In unskilled labor restrictions restric-tions have been temporarily removed i on the Importation of Mexican labor j to be used in certain occupations. This step supplements the order by which the Department of Labor has arranged to bring Porto Rlcan laborers labor-ers into this country for work upon government contracts. It is estimated estimat-ed that 75,000 islanders can be brought in while transportation is available. New regulations on the subject of Mexican labor contain rigid provisions provi-sions to prevent any attempt at exploitation ex-ploitation on the part of prospective employers. Wage rates current for similar labor in the localities In which the admitted alien Is to be employed are assured, as well as good housing and sanitation conditions. Applications for permission to Import Im-port Mexican labor under the new provisions may be filed with United States lmmigrnticn or employment service officials, giving the number of laborer! desired, class of work, wages and place of employment. Secretary Sec-retary of War and tho Postmaster General examined 5,000 sacks of parcel par-cel post mail, and found that the articles ar-ticles being sent not only, In the main were absolutely unnecessary, but undesirable. un-desirable. The investigation showed that the amount of such ' mail had reached a total of 500,000 pounds a week, and was steadily Increasing. Relatives and friends, according to a recent statement by the War Department, De-partment, will find they often can do a greater service tc soldiers by sending send-ing them money for the purchase of articles in France than by forwarding forward-ing the articles. ' , Tobacco Is now being supplied as a part, of the Army rations, and merchandise mer-chandise of nearly all kinds may now be purchased in France through the huge general store established by the Quartermaster Corps at lower prices than charged by retailers here. |
