Date of Award
1943
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Education
First Advisor
J. William Harris
Abstract
As early as February, 1942, fears of an agricultural labor shortage began to be expressed in California. The Pacific Southwest Area Committee of the Young Men’s Christian Association asserts in a statement of policy on Emergency Harvest Camps, “The California State Chamber of Commerce’s Central Coast Council’s Agricultural Committee points out that ‘the removal of enemy aliens from coastal areas, the absorption of migrant workers into defense industries, and increased government quotas for the production of many crops has created a serious agricultural problem.’ (News release, February 28, 1942).”
In San Joaquin County 5,000 Japanese were evacuated. Most of these were farm workers. This made it necessary for 23,709 acres in production to be taken over by outside sources.
As most farmers in San Joaquin County had increased acreage in response to President Roosevelt’s and the United States Department of Agriculture’s plea for increased production to aid in the “food for victory drive”, the threatened shortage of farm labor was a matter of much concern to many of them.
Pages
218
Recommended Citation
Nash, Frank L. Jr.. (1943). Student agricultural work experiences in San Joaquin County, with particular reference to the work experiences of students of Stockton and Lodi public schools in the summer of 1942. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/332
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