Session #79 · 1945–47

Speech #790161638

In this letter the gentleman from Illinois attacks us for bringing some men before us in a closed session. Yes. we have executive sessions. We are having closed sessions at times because we are trying to find out who Is undermining and destroying this Government. or attempting to do so. But the Smith hearing was public. But the gentleman from Illinois says thatwhile he finds time. curiously enough. to bring before the committee in closed executive session Dr. Edward Barsky. an eminent surgeon. because Dr. Barsky is chairman of the Joint AntiFascist Refugee CommitteeNow. we called him before the committee because we have information that this is a Communistfront organization. When we demanded of Gerald L. K.
Keywords matched
Refugee

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ADOLPH SABATH
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
790161638
Paragraph
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