Nor should it be permitted to approach the fringe of an attack upon any church or upon any religion. Please bear in mind that. with the exception of our State and municipally supported universities. most of the colleges of the United States have started as church institutions. Bear in. mind also that there is a small but powerful group that for years has sought to reduce popular education to the teaching of the three Rs on the theory that. with immigration in large numbers practically stopped. there must be among native Americans a working class. with no higher ambitions than the doing of the manual chores. I am sure that my esteemed colleague from Illinois. who came to this Congress with me as a freshman in the 81st Congress. with a rich background in the service of the FBI. is alerted to all of this. I think he intends to do for his country. and in full recognition of the fact that his State and my State was admitted to the Union on the condition that it would protect and advance popular education. a complete and thoroughly constructive job.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants are seen as a threat to popular education and are associated with a desire to create a working class with limited ambitions.