Session #85 · 1957–59

Speech #850208526

By something that we might have done in Congress we could have supplied other than a grim ending to a very sad story. which I should like to make a part of the RECORD at this time. by relating it to the Senate. This is the story as told to me by a constituent. Mrs. Elizabeth Wigner. of Interlaken. N. Y. It concerns her niece and her nieces 11yearold son. refugees from Hungary. who fled to Austria shortly after the 1956 revolution. In Vienna this Hungarian refugeewhom I shall call Mrs. K. because her name. for reasons which I will explain. cannot be disclosedhad two occupations. working as a seamstress. which she did commendably. and waiting. waiting for the papers which would permit her to come to the United States and to freedom. Mrs.
Keywords matched
refugeewhom refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
JACOB JAVITS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
850208526
Paragraph
#0
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