Session #76 · 1939–41

Speech #760277222

How are you going to make a real American citizen out of somebody who came from foreign shores unless he is first familiar with the basic predicate of citizenship. until he knows what democracy really means. until he has some appreciation of the American way of life? Way backfurther back than I care to recall right nowin the days when I was a dredging contractor up on the Illinois River. I had lots of people march across my pay rolls year in and year out. Some of them had to go through the naturalization court. On occasion I used to go with them. I have had some of these old timers go through who have been here a long time.
Keywords matched
naturalization

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
EVERETT DIRKSEN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
760277222
Paragraph
#1
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