Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630132179

No. and the gentleman from Illinois. as a laborunion man himself and because of his industry and zeal in investigating labor conditions. should know it would not protect laboring men in this country to restrict immigration of illiterates. for the simple reason that these great industrial trusts for whom the laboring men work do not concern themselves at all with sentimental reasons. It is just a matter of supply and demand with them. and they could and would exploit and enslave poor Poles or Jews or Italians or Greeks who could read a little just as heartlessly as they would exploit and enslave an illiterate Turk or Bulgarian. The laborunion leaders have considered only onehalf of this question.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Poles Jews Italians Greeks Turks Bulgarians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES MANAHAN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
MN
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630132179
Paragraph
#0
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