Session #70 · 1927–29

Speech #700092952

President Wilson. of the Dollar Line. The wages paid an ablebodied seaman on the California are $43.80 a month. while the American ship of the Dollar Line pays $10.97 a month. and why? Because the seamen are Chinese coolie labor. That is the great attraction for Chinese labor. It seems to nie that if we are here providing ways under direct subsidy and assistance to American shipping. if we are providing an enormous fund to make loans under favorable conditions. if we are assisting shipping in all these ways. it is only fair to insist that threequarters of the crew. including the stewards department. should be taken from American citizens.
Keywords matched
coolie

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
FIORELLO LA GUARDIA
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
700092952
Paragraph
#1
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