Session #81 · 1949–51

Speech #810209328

I should like to cite a few facts which have a bearing on certain rumors and allegations which have been floating through the corridors and back Chambers of the Senate. although they have not been mentioned in debate. I would like to report to the Senate on the percentage of various nationalities and religions included among those properly called displaced persons. I am referring now to those for whom responsibility is acknowledged by the International Refugee Organization. Of the total number of actual displaced persons who are still in Europe. and in the Near and Far East. as of January of this year. 47 percent are Polish. 18 percent Baltic. 9 percent Yugoslav. 4 percent Russian. 4 percent Czechoslovak. and 18 percent of varied nationalities. Analyzed by religious faiths. 41 percent are Catholic. 27 percent are Protestant and Orthodox Catholic. 8 percent are Jewish. and 24 percent are either unknown or other faiths.
Keywords matched
Refugee

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Polish Baltic Yugoslav Russian Czechoslovak
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
HERBERT LEHMAN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
810209328
Paragraph
#0
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