Farm Wage Delirium Highlights Postwar Labor Strains
Aroostook County potato farmers face labor shortages as shipyard workers resist returning to farming while wages rise. Maine Senator Ralph Brewster presses Assistant Secretary Carl Moran on solutions, noting Portland’s distress. Moran seeks outside help from the U S Employment Service to reassign workers to harvests amid broader postwar labor shifts.
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