Session #80 · 1947–49

Speech #800024343

Durning. Collector of the Port of New York. now has a staff of 80 men engaged in this valuable work. Durning has been forced to notify 740 of his staff. including 600 war veterans. of their impending dismissal. This will leave Americas greatest port with a skeleton force of 100 men. According to John C. Tulloch. an old collector of the port and border patrol organizer at the important boundary point ot Ogdensburg. N. Y.. these dimissals also will leave the Canadian border "wide open" to smugglers of all manner of contraband. and to illegal entry of aliens as well.
Keywords matched
border patrol

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN ROONEY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
800024343
Paragraph
#0
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