Session #77 · 1941–43

Speech #770088764

That need of the "four freedoms" is in our native land and that despite the fact that there were not many millions in our country when our liberties were gained the multitudes that we now have can. with difficulty. retain the freedoms our fathers won for us. Yes. indeed. the peril from within is daily growing. This country is honeycombed with war refugees and many foreign agents are in Washington seeking to influence legislation and evidently to assist in a program to prepare the American people emotionally and materially for war. To offset these activities. do you not think that if the 600.000 young men now in training were allowed to return home and take up their places in the defense program in our shops and factories and on our farms that they would have a stabilizing influence in curtailing subversive activities and averting strikes in industries vital for national defense? Do you not think that these 600.000 young men who have made the sacrifice of having spent a year in training for the small wage of $21 a month could not influence the people in their communities to assume their just share of the sacrifice necessary for our nationaldefense program?
Identified stereotypes
Generalizing that war refugees are foreign agents seeking to influence legislation and prepare the American people for war.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
REID MURRAY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
770088764
Paragraph
#0
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