The transportation of fruit or vegetable harvest workers is
permitted ``between the farm and any point within the same State''. The
exempt transportation of such harvest workers therefore includes their
movement to and from the farm (see 107 Cong. Rec. (daily ed.) p. 4523).
Such transportation must, however, be from or to points ``within the
same State'' in which the farm is located. Crossing of State lines is
not contemplated. Thus, the exemption would not apply to day-haul
transportation of fruit or vegetable harvest workers between a town in
one State and farms located in another State. Also, the intent to exempt
``transportation of the harvest crew to and from the farm'' (see 107
Cong. Rec. (daily ed.) p. 4523) within a single State would not justify
exemption of the transportation of workers from one State to another to
engage in harvest work in the latter State. The exemption does not apply
to transportation of persons on any trip, or any portion of a trip, in
which the point of origin or point of destination is in another State.
Subject to these limitations, however, where employees are being
transported for employment in harvesting they may be picked up in any
place within the State, including
other farms, packing or processing establishments, factories,
transportation terminals, and other places. The broad term ``any point''
must be interpreted in the light of the purpose of the exemption to
facilitate the harvesting of fruits or vegetables. Transportation from a
farm to ``any point'' within the same State (such as a factory or
processing plant) where some other purpose than harvesting is served is
not exempt.
