Session #88 · 1963–65

Speech #880220777

Mr. Donovan noted that the State report had pointed out that since the end of World War II more than 700.000 Negroes and Puerto Ricans had moved into the city and 800.000 whites had left. It would be Just as unfair to expect the city to cope with this problem alone. he said. as it would have been to require Miami to pay the entire cost of settling more than 200.000 Cuban refugees in recent years. Mr. Donovan was as wrong as he could be in comparing American citizens. Negroes and Puerto Ricans. who have moved into the city of New York and have become new citizens of that city. with the Cuban refugees. whom we have welcomed to the coasts of Florida. because the national policy so provided. Continuing to read from the article: Mr. Donovan said that as soon as the board had figures on what was needed he and other members of the board and Dr.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Negroes Puerto Ricans
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
SPESSARD HOLLAND
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
FL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
880220777
Paragraph
#0
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