braceros. For starters, Brown proposed including farm laborers in a state minimum wage hike to $1.25 an hour from the existing level of 90 cents. Said Brown: " If a person is worth hiring, he is worth paying a decent living wage. The special interest group which denies that imperils its own future as well as California's." Brown's sense of fair play didn't last long. Within two years, Brown was completely in the pocket of agribusiness giants like California Packing (Del Monte) and Hunt Foods and Industries. And in turn the Bank of America controlled the food packers and growers. The bank insisted on the lowest payroll possible…that meant hiring braceros