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{{cquote|Both Cornelia and Walter advocated for sterilization of the unfit and the creation of a fit white race through birth control. Both sides of eugenics rest on the premise that only those deemed fit to propagate the race should be allowed to live or procreate. Unlike the radical democratic populism that Pierce backed through most of his life, his adherence to the tenets of eugenics exposed a side of politics that elevated certain groups into a position of political and economic power based on their race and physical capabilities.|||"The Paradox of Oregon's Progressive Politics," p. 411}}

{{cquote|Both Cornelia and Walter advocated for sterilization of the unfit and the creation of a fit white race through birth control. Both sides of eugenics rest on the premise that only those deemed fit to propagate the race should be allowed to live or procreate. Unlike the radical democratic populism that Pierce backed through most of his life, his adherence to the tenets of eugenics exposed a side of politics that elevated certain groups into a position of political and economic power based on their race and physical capabilities.|||"The Paradox of Oregon's Progressive Politics," p. 411}}

In the U.S. House, Pierce, a statist [[New Deal]]er, continued his open hatred of blacks, Jews, and Japanese-Americans. In 1937, the chamber passed the Gavagan-Wagner anti-lynching bill by a wide margin with support from Republicans and most Northern Democrats; Pierce was absent on the vote though indicated his intent to oppose the legislation.<ref name=mccoy,pp.409-10/> He voted against the 1940 Gavagan-Fish anti-lynching bill, opposed allowing Jewish children to flee from Nazi Germany into the U.S., and vociferously demanded an ''en masse'' persecution of Japanese-Americans, viewing FDR's internment as insufficient.

In the U.S. House, Pierce, a statist [[New Deal]]er, continued his open hatred of blacks, Jews, and Japanese-Americans. In 1937, the chamber passed the Gavagan–Wagner [[anti-lynching bill]] by a wide margin with support from Republicans and most Northern Democrats; Pierce was absent on the vote though indicated his intent to oppose the legislation.<ref name=mccoy,pp.409-10/> He voted against the 1940 Gavagan-Fish anti-lynching bill, opposed allowing Jewish children to flee from Nazi Germany into the U.S., and vociferously demanded an ''en masse'' persecution of Japanese-Americans, viewing FDR's internment as insufficient.

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