Session #73 · 1933–35

Speech #730153784

That is why the people have lost all respect for Congress because of its abdicating its functions and placing them in the hands of bureaucrats. That is why the people of Louisiana and the other people of the country are insisting on a legislative form of government. that the taxing be done by Congress. that laws be enacted in the ordinary way. in a constitutional manner. rather than to delegate authority to boards to ascertain differences in costs. and so forth. Especially is that true in view of the fact that this particular board. when it cannot find. according to its own tabulations and statistics. that there is sufficient difference in cost to justify its recommendation. will go 3.000 miles away and bring in costs under coolie labor in order to average the people of Louisiana and the people of the West with that coolie labor so as to bring down the price sufficiently to justify such a proclamation as the one in question. This is just what is wrong with agriculture in the United States today. In order to take care of the Cubans. in order to take care of the Filipinos. we constantly neglect the agriculture of this country.
Keywords matched
coolie

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Cubans Filipinos
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
HUEY LONG
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
LA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
730153784
Paragraph
#0
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