Session #80 · 1947–49

Speech #800198408

Phoenix Clothes asked for 60. in New York City. Eagle Clothes asked for 50. Hickory Clothing Corp. for 40. and Currick & Leiken Co. for 75. In the garment industry alone over 3.000 skilled tailors in the displaced persons camps have already been spoken for by the Clothing Manufacturers Association in this country. Many of you will say. How will these persons be housed. where will they live. what is their background. how have other countries fared? *The clothing industry has been. historically. an industry that employed immigrant labor or else secondgeneration Americans. Consequently. we find that today the overwhelming majority of the workers are Italians. Poles.
Keywords matched
immigrant

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Italians Poles
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

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Party
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Chamber
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State
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Gender
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Date
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Speech ID
800198408
Paragraph
#1
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