Session #62 · 1911–13

Speech #620287235

The Secretary of Commerce and Labor holds the political notive of the publication is insufficient to muake it a purely political offense " and that it " involves moral turpitude." And back to England Mylius mnust go. Under this interprtation the Declaration of Independence. which charged King George III that " he has plundered our seas. ravaged our coasts. burnt out towns. and destroyed the lives of our people." was libel involving moral turpitude. It is clear that the bill gives no adequate protection to political refugees. . Now. permit me to call the attention of the Senator from Malssachusetts to one provision which I believe has wholly escaliped the attention of the conferees. In the paragraplh--
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT LA FOLLETTE
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
620287235
Paragraph
#4
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