Session #76 · 1939–41

Speech #760229165

They know the utter weariness and the hunger of suffering. of endless marches under the cover of darkness. They know. too. the scream of a dying comradecrucified on a cross of barbed wire because he was willing to give his life to protect our Americanism. The American Legion has no selfish interest in advocating that this socalled agent of Moscow be deported and is not alone in its crusade to ferret out individuals of his stripe. The American Legion supports this bill and is upheld in its course by 99 percent of the American people. They know. and we Members of Congress should be quick to realize. that aliens of the Bridges type are accountable for the admitted existence in our country of such a despicable group as the "fifth column." Every American citizen is conscious of the danger of the "fifth column." recalling with vivid memory the fate of Czechoslovakia.
Keywords matched
deported

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES VAN ZANDT
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
760229165
Paragraph
#1
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