Session #68 · 1923–25

Speech #680012078

Italy. RussiaFinland. AustriaHungary. and the Balkansused by Laughlin. as well as six different classes of defects used by himinsanity. crime. feeblemindedness. dependency. tuberculosis. epilepsybut arrives at conclusions rather startling to the Immigration Committee and unanticipated probably by Doctor Laughlin himself. From the many statements that have emanated from the majority members of the Immigration Committee one would assume that the change to the 1890 basis would considerably reduce the number of alien defectives. Permit me at this time to quote from Professor Jenningss report: For each 1.000 Europeanborn defectives of any class in a Europeanborn population constituted as in 1910 the numbers of Europeanborn defectives of that class in a population of the same size constituted as in 1890 would be: Type of defectives. 1890 basis. Increase.
Keywords matched
Immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
EMANUEL CELLER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
680012078
Paragraph
#15
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