Session #65 · 1917–19

Speech #650008605

For generations we have encouraged foreignborn people to come to the United States. giving them the assurance that this was a haven from political and religious persecution. Men and women have come in good faith to avoid the persecution they suffered at the hands of foreign potentates. some of wlom are our allies at the present time. Now. the proposition is that we shall open up our country to the military officers of foreign Governments. who shall station themselves here in our midst to recruit from among those who have come here to avoid persecutonJews. Italians. Roumanians. Russians. British. includingthe Irish. and all others. except at the present time the Germans. whoprior to this war were regarded as a very high class of immigrants.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Jews Italians Roumanians Russians British Irish Germans
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOSEPH MOORE
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
650008605
Paragraph
#0
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