Session #62 · 1911–13

Speech #620267236

Mr. Chairman. in the majority report of the committee on this bill they say. "It will be seen that the main purpose of the bill is to exclude from the United States alien inmigrants over 16 years of age who are unable to read their own language or dialect." This is hardly the fact. The real object of the bill is to stop. in part. the flow of immigrants to this country from Russia. Poland. Italy. Greece. and the other contries of the southern and eastern part of Europe. It is certainly amusing to one who personally knows many of these people who have come from these countries to listen to some of the arguments which are made by gentlemen in support of this bill.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Russians Poles Italians Greeks
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
THOMAS GALLAGHER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
620267236
Paragraph
#0
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