Laborleaderswereroundedupandfalselyconvictedofmurder, and a generalcrackdownensuedonworkersdemonstratingformorehumaneconditionsthroughoutthe "landofthefree".
So, thepoliticalmachinequicklyrushedthrough a publicholidayforworkerswiththehopeofquietingprotestsandbuildingsupportamongtheAmericanproletariatfortheState.