Session #87 · 1961–63

Speech #870141127

But here is an importation of labor which directly depresses wages and working conditions and creates unemployment among Americans who are here. This is direct. It does not affect merely a few thousand workers. as in the lead and zinc industry. but hundreds of thousands of workers. But their appeal seems to fall on deaf ears. ManyI think perhaps a large majorityof those who voted against the protection of both domestic labor and imported labor by opposing the McCarthy amendment are nevertheless zealous advocates of either a tariff system or a quota system to protect American industry indirectly. It makes a great deal of difference. Mr.
Keywords matched
quota system

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
PAUL DOUGLAS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
870141127
Paragraph
#1
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