Session #65 · 1917–19

Speech #650002561

Mr. Chairman. the people of Tacoma and Pierce County have bonded themselves in the sum of $2.000.000 in order to enlarge the Governments encampment ground there at American Lake and provide the Government with a great training ground of 80.000 acresa tract about 15 miles one way and 12 miles another in areaand they are presenting it to the Government absolutely free. The people of the district I have the honor to represent are 27 per cent foreign born. I have just come from that district. and I pledge to the full support of the Government in this -tremendous and unsought emergency the whole people of that patriotic district. although many of them have stood firmly. until the Presidents address of April 2. against war. Mr.
Keywords matched
foreign born

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Family values

Speaker & context

Speaker
ALBERT JOHNSON
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
WA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
650002561
Paragraph
#0
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