Session #76 · 1939–41

Speech #760005083

The subject which I am about to approach is one that should appeal to every legislator in the Congress of the United States. because it has to do with the ten to twelve million people who today are out of employment in the United States of America. Mr. President. only afew days ago it was my privilege and opportunity to address this honorable body in relation to the influx of refugees. in regard to the influx of aliens from all parts of the world who are coming here daily for the purpose of and who are usurping jobs. positions. that rightfully belong to the millions of people in America who are out of jobs. jobs that rightfully belong to the Godfearing men and women who today are and who tonight will be walking the streets of America in search of honest employment. I am happy to have made the delightful observation during the present session that there are more Members of this body now interested in that subject than there were to be found interested in it at the last session of the Seventyfifth Congress. Mr. President. in my last address to this body. in reference to this important subject. I brought to the attention of the Members of the Senate a clipping from one of the New York newspapers describing examinations which were being taken by 500 lawyers. doctors. dentists. and nurses. refugees. aliens from across the seas. who wanted to practice their respective professions in the United States. The Members of this body who did me the honor to listen were appalled when they learned from that article that some of the doctors from Germany. Italy.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
immigrants_general
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT REYNOLDS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
760005083
Paragraph
#0
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