Session #66 · 1919–21

Speech #660274030

But when the time comes to do it each one of us has a pet amendment. and although we are friendly to the effort to stop the influx. we weaken the proposal. Before this measure shall have been many days in the committee of another body this country will have some additional reports from State Department officials. Before this bill can be made into law you will see ships coming into Ellis Island with immigrants hanging over the edges. Some ships have established fourthclass steerage rates. Go to Ellis Island and look at the conditions. visit the immigrant ships and see the conditions that prevail. See how bolsheviki and discontents can be made overnight. Fail to pass this bill and you will not have even passport restrictions after March 4. Fail to pass this bill and then reach peace and you will add to our immigration all the Germans. Austrians. Hungarians.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants are associated with bolshevism and discontent.
Keywords matched
immigrant immigration immigrants steerage

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Germans Austrians Hungarians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
ALBERT JOHNSON
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
WA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
660274030
Paragraph
#1
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