Session #86 · 1959–61

Speech #860115703

Mr. President. most Americans are completely unaware of the fact that approximately two million -migrant laborers are working on the commercial farms of this country under conditions which we like to think are part of a bygone age. For many years a small but dedicated group of individuals and organizations have been trying to bring these unbelievable and tragic facts to the attention of the American people. I recently received a published study of migrant farm labor conditions in my own State of Connecticut. This study was made by Daniel Donchian under the auspices of the Human Relations Council of Greater New Haven. It paints a lucid picture of migrant labor conditions in terms that should strike home to all of US. The farm laborers covered in this survey work twice as long as average American workers for less than onefourth of the average hourly pay. Because of Sunday work. they are even unable to attend church services.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Victim Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
THOMAS DODD
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
CT
Gender
M
Date
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Speech ID
860115703
Paragraph
#0
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