It would be necessary in case of national emergency for those ships to be brought into the service of our Government. Those ships are manned to a large extent by Chinese crews. That is a fine state of affairs for the United States to face in case of an emergencyto have to call on ships manned by coolie labor. Only a few weeks ago on6 of these ships. the President Polk. of the Dollar Line. in New York Harbor. had a fire on board and the coolie laborers i the crew of the ship attempted to escape. but they had to be prevented by force. I am in favor of an adequate merchant marine owned and manned by Americans. We have a situation facing us today which calls for the scrutiny of the Mlembers of tile Senate.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese laborers are referred to as 'coolie labor' and are portrayed as unreliable and potentially dangerous.