Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710049821

They endured hardships and privations to establish this Republic. and here come into our country. wildeyed foreigners. who. chock full of this deadly communistic poison. go about the Nation preaching this stuff and predicting the overthrow of the American home and the overthrow of the Government itself. I think it is high time that we should be laying our hands upon some of this deadly literature and suppressing its circulation. If such literature is to come in from abroadwe have already permitted immigrants who believe in that doctrine to come inwe shall have two destructive agencies hammering at the gates of constitutional government instead of one. Mr. President. it is high time that this great Nation should stop and look and listen for a moment. it is time that it was taking stock of just what we have got in this household of America.
Identified stereotypes
Foreigners are wild-eyed and full of communistic poison, seeking to overthrow the American home and government.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES HEFLIN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
710049821
Paragraph
#0
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