WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMMIGRATION
Mr. Fremine. I have no knowledge.
Mr. Simms. From $100 up.
The CratemaN. The base pay is $100?
Mr. Fremineg, I should say so.
The CuairMaN. Is the school term long or short?
Mr. FremiNng. Nine months.
The Cuamrman. Do the teachers get paid for the odd three months?
Mr. Smmms. Yes, sir; it is based on an annual salary.
The Cuairman. What is the average pay for this labor that comes
in and helps out?
Mr. Freming. The rate varies, sir, in our district. I think the
lowest rate paid is probably $1.50 and from there on up to $2. The
Reclamation Service, in its overation and maintenance work, I think,
pays $1.87 a day.
The CrairmaN. Do you notice any tendency among this population
 to push on toward Albuquerque and Los Angeles?
Mr. Frneming. To leave our district and eo to the big cities?
The CaairMAN. Yes.
Mr. Fueming. Not appreciably, sir. There seems to be very
little to attract them elsewhere.
The CuairMaN. Is there much of that population to take care
of, in distress or poverty?
Mr. FLeming. We do not have very much of that—very little of it.
The CaatrMAN. These Mexicans i on a pretty good standard
of living?
Mr. Frueming. Well, they are well clothed. They do not seem
to be in economic distress. We have very few beggars. Most of
them seem to be able to take care of themselves quite well.
The Cuarrman. How do they get across the border?
Mr. Fremine. Recently very few have been coming in. The
statement I made a moment ago with respect to those that came
in for the picking of cotton, referred to conditions at least two vears
ago. We have to-day very few coming in either regularly or surreptitiously
 since then.
The CumamrMAN. You think because the literacy test is being
applied?
Mr. Freming. Yes, sir; I know that.
Mr. Jenkins. What difference do you notice in the demand
for Mexicans since this condition has been noticed? What effect
has the restriction had on the production?
Mr. Fremine. It has produced a stringency at cotton-picking
time.
Mr. Jenkins. Has the production of cotton depreciated by reason
of the restriction put on the last year?
Mr. Freming. Our acreage has actually increased.
Mr. Box. Did you not say you did not have as much stringency
recently as formerly because of the reasons you mentioned?
Mr. Fueming. We did hot have a very severe stringency of labor,
chiefly because we got large importations of people from Texas who
came over in droves.
The CrarrMAN. You confirm what this committee believes, that
there are enough people around the States domiciled there to move
to other places if thev can find work,