Session #66 · 1919–21

Speech #660333711

In .the bill ithat -passed the House. -known as the Johnson bill. .there is an exception..so faras suspension is concerned.-with reference tocertain relatives who might come .in. It Js -found on page7. as follows: wife. parent. graIndparent. unmarried ison orbrother uifflerf21 -.Years of age. unmarried or widowed daughter or sister. grandson .under 16 years of age whose father is dead. or -unmarried -or widowed granddaughter -Whose father is "-dead. Thelfacts are .these--and tlisis -in the.testimony ofMr. -Husband. -Niiouppearedbefore thecommittee. and -who. -inuy -pinion.-knows more -fbout the immigration -proposition almost- than any manin theUilited States. Atpage 525.dfthehearings--he said. in speaking of this provisionoftheIousebill-: _Theseilgurcs.dfthe -percentage -of .certain peoples Who came.to join relatives .in llt20 .wll. Illustrate NWhat .1 mI ean: Df the :Dutth and Elemih. =4p~er cct wecegoingtoljoin .relatives. -Of tie D.utch .and Ileihish !in )1920 who rentered here 74 per cent were -going.to join -relatives. _n -other words. -they -would come in under the 1provigion ..1 the -Iouse. bill :Which J -have movedto. strike out. :ethensaid- that of the Irish.7 5 per cent df..those .xho came in 1920 came because they said they had relatives. of the ScmfdinaV!ians.63.per.cent. of the Scotch. 67 lercent. -Thenhe scent on further andi sid: .Al :you can.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Irish Scandinavians Scotch
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
BYRON HARRISON
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MS
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
660333711
Paragraph
#0
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