EXTRACTS FROM SPEECH OF HON. WALTER M. CHANDLER OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 25, 1916

Chandler, Walter M.

Edité par Washington; Government Printing Office, 1924

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Punch holes. 8vo. 8 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Protest Against Race Prejudice and Religious Bigotry. The Burnett Immigration Bill. Extracts from Speech of Hon. Walter M. Chandler of New York. "I voted against the Burnett immigration bill during its passage through the sixty-third congress. I shall vote against it again at this time, because it contains an unjust, undemocratic, and un-American provision, the so-called literacy test. " (pg. 3) . A speech by republican represenative Walter Chandler, denouncing the Burnett immigration bill as race and religious prejudiced; the author specifically details that the bill serves to refuse entrance to south Italians, Hebrews, Slovaks, Magyars, and Poles, and is explicitly anti-catholic and anti-jewish. Walter Chandler, though a protestant, also gave numerous other speeches to the house in his time there, in defense of minorities, against the ku-klux-klan, for the independence of estonia, latvia, and lithuania; and with Julius Kahn, on the Jew as patriot, soldier, citizen, orator, and statesman. Subjects: Government Printing Office. House of Representatives. Anti-racism. Burnett Immigration Bill. Prejudice Against Jews - United States. None on OCLC. Lightly soiled, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (SPEC-39-16). N° de réf. du vendeur 32928

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Titre : EXTRACTS FROM SPEECH OF HON. WALTER M. ...

Éditeur : Washington; Government Printing Office

Date d'édition : 1924

Edition : 1st Edition