Session #87 · 1961–63

Speech #870005471

Madam President. last fall when I was traveling extensively in Wisconsin I was deeply impressed by a sudden and overwhelming wave of compassion for migratory workers. If an army of firebrand orators had swept into Wisconsin pleading with the 4 million people of my State to concern themselves with the plight of migrant farmworkers. their impact would not have compared to the effect caused by a single television program. the CBS documentary "Harvest of Shame." It has been said that a picture is worth 10.000 words. Well. a moving picture of a 30yearold woman who looks 60. bowed and broken by exploitation in excess toil since childhood. can arouse widespread concern when it is multiplied and related to the systematic. continuing misery which is the lot of the bulk of our migratory workers. This program enabled us to be firsthand witnesses of the unforgivable conditions in which these unfortunate people live.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Victim Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM PROXMIRE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
870005471
Paragraph
#0
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