Ben Davis. from New York. utter his tirades before the committee. there would be less opposition to this bill than there is today. We summonsed some Communists here. and as a rule they refused to take the oath. We brought the Eislers before the committee. One of them said. "I am a refugee from persecution. I refuse to be sworn." The next man we put on the stand was a Negro who had been a Communist and had been to Russia. They had taught him to carry on revolutions. how to blow up bridges and waterworks and put out light plants. burn warehouses. and so forth.
Identified stereotypes
Associating refugees with communism and subversive activities.