Re: May day

[Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol@xxxxxxx>]

At 12:09 PM 5/1/98 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Don't forget that in the USA, May 1 is officially Loyalty Day. This year's
>White House proclamation isn't out yet, but here's last year's.


--snip
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>White House Press Release
>LOYALTY DAY, 1997
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                           THE WHITE HOUSE
>                    Office of the Press Secretary
>
>  ________________________________________________________________
>
>  For Immediate Release                                May 1, 1997
>
>
>                         LOYALTY DAY, 1997
>
>                           - - - - - - -
>
>          BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
>
>                           A PROCLAMATION
>
>
>       Each year, Americans dedicate the first day of May to

--snip


>       The Congress, by Public Law 85-529, has designated May 1
>  of each year as "Loyalty Day."  Let us, on this day, remember
>  the contributions of the many courageous Americans who have
>  gone before us, and let us keep faith with them by reaffirming
>  our love for and loyalty to this Nation they sustained with
>  their service and sacrifice.



Hmm.  So when was the public law 85-529 passed?  And what was the rationale
behing selecting May 1st for the festivity?

On the second thought, the excerpt calling for

>  promise of justice, equality, and opportunity by ensuring
>  that all of our people have the tools and encouragement they
>  need to meet their God-given potential.


can be easily interpreted as the endorsement of economic justice; the
"god-given potential' should not be taken too literally, it is, in fact, a
reference to the Artistiotelian concpet of 'just society' that allows
everyone the full development of his/her human potential, an ideal embraced
also by Karl Marx.

Could that be that Slick Willy pulled a joke on someone or what?

regards,

WS