Session #80 · 1947–49

Speech #800189551

Oswald Garrison Villard. Christopher Emmet. Dorothy Thompson. a gallant fighter for what she thinks is right. and who has been trying her level best to see that justice is done. is head of a refugee committee. and I want to show to the Senate the character of the people with whom she works. I shouldlike to read from this pamphlet. Under the heading "Annex No. 1." we find the following: Striking confirmation of many of the facts outlined in this pamphlet has just come to us through a report issued by the Refugee Defense Committee of Great Britain. That committee has probably done more than any other single group since the war to defend the rights of political refugees. Especially displaced persons from Eastern Europe like the Balts. Poles. Serbs. and Croats. who fear persecution if they return to their native lands. The president of the Refugee Defense Committee is who? The president of that committee is not some irresponsible lobbyist getting $10.000. $12.000. or $15.000 a yearThe president of the Refugee Defense Committee is Lord Halifax. the chairman is Lord Beveridge. and it includes such distinguished Liberal and Labor leaders as Harold Nicholson. Michael Foote. M.
Keywords matched
Refugee refugee refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Balts Poles Serbs Croats
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM LANGER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
ND
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
800189551
Paragraph
#0
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