Session #65 · 1917–19

Speech #650235731

State. or national. and if they should further declare that they intended to shut down every factory. close every store. prevent the oper lion of street ears. take possession of the city. deprive owotrs of thei property. whether large or small. and if following these deelarations they Id attempt to carry them into effect andi ltd close factories and plants and turn ien out of employment and cause violence. strikes. murders. arson. and the wanton destruction of life and property. and if they further attempted to take possession of the Govti.mieet atid made war upon those who were engaged in preserving peace and order. and fintdly they succeeded in reducing everything to welter. clos. and ruin. then somra idea might be obtained of the plans and purposes and miethods- of operation- of this. hideous. malevolent association kiownwas the I. W. W. MAY. 6. So far as I can learn. lhe overwhelming majority of the membership are aliens. ft was statel in some of the newspapers that of those recently deported from: Bisbee. Ariz.. onehalf were Mexicans and a considerable numher were Austrians. and that only a small proportion were nativeborn American citizens. They are nomadic. houseless. and homeless.
Identified stereotypes
The paragraph generalizes about the I.W.W. members, claiming they are mostly aliens, nomadic, houseless, and prone to violence and destruction.
Keywords matched
deported

Classification

Also mentioned
Mexicans Austrians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Economic threat Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
Unknown
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Chamber
State
Gender
Date
Speech ID
650235731
Paragraph
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