Session #66 · 1919–21

Speech #660206245

N6w. remember. the first part of time reservation gives broadly the right to our Government to determine what is and what is not domestic. We can save from the league council all conunercial transactions that are domestic. But to name all commercial transactions as domestic goes beyond the truth. and if we really want in this reservation to conforn to the truth we ought to leave out the word "commerce" and leave it to our Government to withdraw all commercial questions wlien we regard them as domestic. .I like the use of the word "Immigration." becaise I am in favor of saying. whether the immigration problem could be strictly considered as domestic or not. we do not intend tW permit any country to have anything to do with determining who we will allow to come into the United States and live with us and who we will not or who we will allow to stay here and who we will not. Mly motion to strike the word "commerce" -is simply in the interest of having the reservation carry truthfully the fact that some commercial transactions may be domestic and some international. and that where they are domestic we will so declare andkeep them out of the consideration of the council of the league. but where we ourselves determine that they are international we will not withdraw them on the ground that they are domestic.
Keywords matched
Immigration immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
HOKE SMITH
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
GA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
660206245
Paragraph
#1
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