Session #69 · 1925–27

Speech #690146696

So they pottered around and they went from $9.000.000 to $15.000.000. and then to $20.000.000. and they have now reached about $35.000.000. There is a perfect war raging over this country. We have the customs officials. we have the immigration officials. we have. of course. the prohibition officials. and we have the Coast Guard. and we are at war. There are over 400 vessels plying the waters of the Atlantic. armed with siege guns -nd rapidfire guns and all sorts of guns to stop the importation of liquor. and while they are doing that the district attorney of New York has appeared before our committee and has said that that Is not the trouble at all. He clains that over 60.000.000 gallons of Industrial alcohol are diverted. and before the Subcommittbe of the Judiciary Committee he has proved that they sold $3.600.000.000 worth of liquor made from that.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
75%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWIN BROUSSARD
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
LA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
690146696
Paragraph
#0
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