Session #67 · 1921–23

Speech #670004564

He never dreamed of any other. He does not come here with the hope that he will be chosen to administer the Government unless. indeed. he be among some of those who are admitted under your limitations to the effect that only the educated can enter. I opposed that idea of a literacy test bitterly in Congress. on the. ground that what we wanted here were not linguists: but laborers. We wanted men not with glib tongues. but with calloused hands. I would value the man with the calloused hands that show l1e is habituated to. labor more than. one who could display the utmost didactical ability in answering questions of Unsited States examiners.
Keywords matched
literacy test

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM COCKRAN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
670004564
Paragraph
#0
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