The Fruits of Their Labor: Atlantic Coast Farmworkers and the Making of Migrant Poverty, 1870-1945

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Abbrc~anons andAcronyms ... -..... _--....--.---~ -. .....-~~ AAA Agricultural Adjustment Administration AFL American Federation ofLabor CIa Congress ofIndustrial Organizations CIR U.S. Senate, Commission on Industrial Relations FERA Federal Emergency ReliefAdministration FSA Farm Security Administration IWW Industrial Workers of the World NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NIRA National Industrial Recovery Act NLRB National Labor Relations Board NRA National Recovery Administration STFU Southern Tenant Farmers' Union UCAPAWA United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers ofAmerica USDA U.S. Department ofAgriculture USES U.S. Employment Service USIC U.S. Industrial Commission WFA War Food Administration WMC War Manpower Commission WPA Works Projects Administration Xlii The fruits ofTheirLabor - --_..----~ -'. ---~~ Yet the migrant cannot be a semi-ward of the state forever. Since political trends frequently reverse government policy , he cannot always be leaning on the crutches of bureaucratic good will and legislative gifts. He must eventually stand on his own feet. But since agriculture is so highly mechanized and requires thousands ofworkers, he cannot stand alone but must organize with his fellows.... Until the rural proletariat is organized, the progressive forces of America will be forever weak and the forces of monopoly will predominate. Yet when that day comes and the migrant and industrial worker see that their destinies are intertwined , they will unite to remove the shadow of monopoly which today lies over the factories and fields ofAmerica. DAVID S. BURGESS, New Republic, 1944 ...