Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710016391

HEon. EDWARD T. TAYLOR. a Member of this House. has testified before the Committee on Immigration that never in his life has he known of any member of organized labor going into a sugarbeet field. (Hearing No. 69.1.7. Seasonal Agricultural Laborers from Mexico.) He further stated: The American laboring people will not get down on their hands and knees in the dirt and pull weeds and thin these beets and break their backs. * * * No matter how much they are paid they will not do It. That kind of labor is tedious work that does not compete with any ordinary farm labor. * * * Mr.
Identified stereotypes
American laboring people will not get down on their hands and knees in the dirt and pull weeds and thin these beets and break their backs.
Keywords matched
Immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
RUTH PRATT
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
F
Date
Speech ID
710016391
Paragraph
#0
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