The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-28
Labor Must Fight Now
Where Revolutionists
Fought $50 Years Ago
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

THIS going be difficult year for American imperial
ISM during the celebration Of the 15oth anniversary OF
the declaration of independence from Great Britain to keep
straight face in carrying on its prosecutions OF the foreign
BORN
$50 ago. Pioneers needed hunt and settle
the strange places in the world The frontier then was
crime in the eyes of thinking spirited coonists
talk revolution against the British king.
The situation is rendered little more difficult thru the
fact that large number of organizations taking adj
vantage of the publicity incidental to the 15oh year oeebra
tions Of the Declaration independence to
nversaries that emphasize fact that country
originally settled exclusively by foreigners.
Thus the Calvert Associates, during the past few days.
have been commemorang the 292nd anniversary of the
landing OF catholic pilgrims on the shores of what is now
for nationwide Calvert Tecentenary eight years
Many ardent catholics gathering much material in pre-
paraOn for Iaudatoy speeches in memory of
ceceus Calvert second Baltimore who is supposed
to have sent the catholic pilgrims their way to the
world when they being prosecuted by British protestant
rule.
Lord Baltimore did not himself turn his back on Eng
land and come into the American Wilderness there
main for the remainder of his days Not at ALL He obtained
sent others across the Atlantic to weather it's storms and
directly face new world problems
out for Maryland of 200 and artisans"
It was recognized that there work ahead that lords
took the pilgrims four months days to make the
dangerous trip in two small ships, the Ark, $50 TONS and
the Dove, 4O-ton pnnance.
1t is declared that the arrival of these catholics in Anne
rca the victims of British protesants marked the begin
ming of religious liberation in the United States Yet was
the catholics who have become dominant what was
mery protestant New England who nsgad the attack on
unbeevers in the trial of Anthony Bimba, Brockton
Mass In fact strange definitions given the word
federation" The Maryland catholics actually excluded
Jews and Untarans while fines levied for baspheny
and epoachfu words of speeches concerning the blessed
Virgin Mary or the holy apostles or evangelists."
Here was an effort to straight jacket the aboers and
artisans on the question Of religion centuries ago. just as
the American ruling class is today trying all Ame-
can workers in the mould of 100 per paytrotisn Jail
tor unbeeVers 300 ago. Jail and deportation for those
who refuse to believe in capitalism today.
All OF these anniversary celebrations with their n1anV
vivid contrasts, especially the socaed Philadelphia Sesqu
Centennial Exposition offer labor splendid opportunities to
push working class principles into the foreground
Demand that the capitalists who now foremost in
celebrating the arrivals of foreigners in centuries past
recall their orders to their kept statesmen congress to
enact legislation providing for the registration classical
ton tingerprntng and photographing Of foreignborn
workers today.
Force the capitalists their hostility to organized
labor by pressing the demands of the Workers (Communst
Fary that all the work required in erecting the BUILDINGS
and preparing for the Philadelphia exposition be done BY
union labor. -
Philadelphia Baltimore, Boston and other centers of
revolutionary activities $50 years ago should be made the
scenes OF intensive working class struggles NOW!
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