Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710175532

I desire to call the Senators attention to another fact. I do not know how much experience the Senator has had with the present quota laws as administered by the Labor Department. I have had considerable experience in that connection. and I want to say that I do not think any department of the Government functions any better than the Labor Department does in keeping the quota where the law requires it to be kept. The officials of that department are enforcing that law splendidly. in my judgment. I have had many. many cases coming up under that law from my own State. and I want to repeat that I do not think any department of the Government is functioning any better than that department which keeps immigration within the quota. Under those circumstances. does not the Senator think it will be infinitely better for this country. In order to keep out foreigners to the extent that we want them kept out. to put the administration of the law under the Labor Department. and not have it kept under the State Department?
Keywords matched
immigration quota law

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
KENNETH MCKELLAR
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
TN
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
710175532
Paragraph
#0
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