Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630378279

Holding that thought in mind a momeit. .this bill undertakes to particularize. It names :idiocy. insanity. imbecility. feeblemindedness. epilepsy. constitutional psycopathic inferiority. and chronic alcoholism. Unless an immigrant is -afflicted with one of those specific ailments. he can not .be excluded under theterms of the bill. If the bill had contained the .general language "or other mental inferiority of such degree as to render him incapable of -earning a living." you would then have -covered the case as you intended to cover :it. I undertaketo say that theterms employed.broad and sweeping as they may appear tobe. do not cover all the casesthe committee desires to reach and Which I. at least. want to have covered.
Keywords matched
immigrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES REED
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MO
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630378279
Paragraph
#0
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