Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640265256

Secretary of Labor as one of the commissioners. because he has other duties to perform. Furthermore. there is no.question that even connissions which! are appointed for the purpose of staving off legislation. as a matter of fact. often do good work. In 1907 a commission wasappointed on the immigration question for the purpose of staving off immigrationrestriction legislation. The results of its findings were embodied in the Burnett immigration bill. which has just passed over the Presidents veto. It was that immigration commission which reported that the best way to restrict immigration is by means of an educational test. -. The commission proposed in this. resolution is not devised for. the purpose of staving off legislation. but for .the purpose of obtaining legislation. Without a very thorough report we do not know what sort of legislation we.need..
Keywords matched
immigrationrestriction immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
AUGUSTUS GARDNER
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640265256
Paragraph
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