Prisoners of War in New Mexico Agriculture
Abstract of Interview
CONSULTANT: Louis E. Archer
TAPE NUMBER: RG2000-020
DATE OF BIRTH: 1914
SEX: Male
TRANSCRIBED: YES____x___ NO_______
DATE ABSTRACTED: June 26, 2000
QUALITY OF RECORDING (SPECIFY): good
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: Sources of labor and use of POWs during this period.
DATE RANGE: 1940 through 1945
ABSTRACT (IMPORTANT TOPICS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE):
Housing for the workers.
Use of POWs, where they were housed and how they got to and from work.
The first group was Italian and subsequently Germans. He comments on the relative merits of each group.
Talks about GI guard.
Administration of program.
He had no follow-up with any of the prisoners.
They were kept at the old CCC camp in Las Cruces.
Comments on the Bracero program.
How the prisoners were paid.
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