The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-02
Labor Must Expose the
Many Fairy Tales Told
About Geo. Washington
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY the beginning of the month Of February pay
trots are beginning to go into action again to make the
most of the birthday anniversaries of Abraham Lincoln Feb
r. and George Washington Feb. o. Thru an nsdous
of the whole public school system of the nation past
century, the ruling class jealous of its heroes, has all
succeeded in placing sanity halo upon the brow Of the
outburst of this fake idol worship again being dashed
fury it we'll to point out few facts concerning the cherry
tree hero"
Rupert Hughes, the playwright and author, who never
labor discovered of the truths about Washngtons life
and tried incorporate them in speech to the Of the
American revolution at banquet held recently in the fash
onabe New Willard Hotel in Washington
He chose poor place where the munitions profitees
nestled during the to be the fat contracts issued by
the government The audience worse, being
sttuted of superpaytrots of the American legion type
Hughes pictured Washington as "profane ireIgious
and peasure-ovng man. putting emphasis the fact that
the boy who couldn't tell lie" developed into great card
player, dsIer of whiskey and champion cursor" and
that he danced for three hours without stopping with the
wife of his principal general Americas churchgoing pop
ulaton which not nconsderate will also be shocked to
learn that Washington never prayed and consistently avoid
ed participating in communion"
1t is reported that Hughes speech to close amid
mprecatons than anything that Washington himself
could have uttered under the influence of his fa
vorte Madeira or corn whiskey
is worth while emphasizing, however, blow
dealt the fairy tale about The Winter at Valley Forge The
troops pictured freezing while Washington kneeed in
the snow and prayed Many movie films are doing their
best to popuarize this fable.
soldiers housed warmly in snug huts with plenty Of
wood to burn. They could get that for themselves But
there considerable hunger Not because there
lack of food in the neghborhood 1t because the food
profeers would rather sell high profit the British in
Philadelphia who had real money. The profteers thus
conspicuous in the thru which the nation its
independence from Great Britain just they have been very
active enrchng themselves in every since. Washington
considered the richest in all the colonies,
could have been very dstanty related the profeers
who seized upon the opportunity to pile higher
their hordes of gold
writer's of public school textbooks point that Washing
ton Americas first millionaire, had conception of democ
racy of society founded anything but property This
will probably disturb those liberals" and Socialists who
joined the late LaFoette last in his drive Back to TO-
When Washington elected president he wanted to
be called His Mightiness the President"
To destroy the mighty myth that has been about
him is the task of class conscious workers who refuse
their destnies by musty misconceptions of what
transpred in the world than century and half ago.
The month of Washngtons birthday offers excellent
opportunity TO clear away some of these cobWebs of
history Labor should make the most of it.