Session #65 · 1917–19

Speech #650082166

It gives the President the power to declare any German citizen living in the United States an alien enemy. and then says if lie -is an alien enemy you can not pay him any money. you can not. trade with him. you can not exchange or transmit any property with him. you cn not deal with him for any property. you can not sell him a bill of groceries. you can not sell himua dinner at a hotel. Now. that goes a good ways. But then here is a proposition that authorizes the President to declare an alien enemy a naturalized American citizen born in Germany. and then undertakes to say that. though he is an American citizen.- you can not sell him property. he can not sell his property. I know we have forgotten that there is a Constitution of the United States. but the departments have gone crazy in reference to these matters. They see a German spy on every housetop and on every street corner. and they are afraid of the spies.
Identified stereotypes
Germans are portrayed as potential spies.
Keywords matched
naturalized

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES MANN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
650082166
Paragraph
#0
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