Session #87 · 1961–63

Speech #870134171

Can this Nation. as the leader of the free world. remain smug in the belief that the rest of the worldthe uncommitted nationswill remain blind to the fact that we are exploiting the poor both the United States and Mexico so that 51.000 American farmerswho are already receiving as much or more from the American taxpayers than any other group in our economycan have cheap labor? I hope that the House will answer these questions with a resounding "No." If it does. it will accept the bill already Passed by the Senate. a bill which Secretary Goldberg has labeled reluctantly as "acceptable." H.R. 2010. in the form in which is passed the House. has been denounced by such organizations as the National Council of Churches in the United States. Catholic Welfare Conference. the bishops committee on the Spanish speaking. the bishops committee on migrant labor. the National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor. the Farmers Union. the Secretary of Labor. the present administration. the National Consumers League. the AFLCIO. and the Joint United StatesMexico Trade Union Committee. In the form in which it passed the House. this bill was supported by only one group. partnot all by any meansof the farm lobby. This segment of farm representatives has argued that Public Law 8 must be extended for an additional 2 years without providing any signifIcant reforms although the administration and every disinterested study group has found that important reforms are necessary to protect our citizen farm workers.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN FOGARTY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
RI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
870134171
Paragraph
#0
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