Session #84 · 1955–57

Speech #840010970

Mary- "Although the nation has a population of land. and West Virginia. only 51/2 million. the Government spent half Back in 1939 when I first voiced my oppo- a billion dollars in 1954 on vast publicworks sition to the importation of slavemined . projects and still ended up with .$80 million Russian coal and other cheaply manufac- left in the till. * * Foreign investors from tured foreign products. I predicted that such the United States and Europe are pouring untold millions into the industrialization of the country. It has taken in more than 100.000 immigrants from Europe the last 10 years. * * * "Caracas. the 388yearold capital. is now one of the worlds greatest boom cities. Fifty years ago milkmen herded cows through its ancient streets. Today they are jammed by thousands of new highpriced motorcars. * * * Nearly a million people live in the metropolitan area. and so many new buildings are going up construction workers have no time to even take Sundays off to go to the bullfights. "But the city has abysmal poverty as well as tremendous wealth.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES VAN ZANDT
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
840010970
Paragraph
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