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in Boston to testify for him. He had been in
Boston on the day of the Bridgewater crime enquiring about a passport
to Italy for himself, his wife and child. The official couldn't forget him,
because instead of a passport photo he brought a big framed portrait of
his whole family with him!
Ballistic testimony from an expert who was a state witness was brought
to show that the fatal bullet was not Sacco's, but to no avail. New trials
were denied. The State Supreme Court upheld the murder verdict. The
governor upheld it. He appointed a special commission of professors
headed by President Lowell of Harvard, and they upheld it. Four
justices of the United States Supreme Court were contacted for a stay
of execution. All refused.
On August 22, 1927, Sacco and Vanzetti were legally murdered by the
State of Massachusetts. The tragedy of their untimely and cruel death is
still an open wound in the hearts of many of us who remember them as
shining spirits, as truly great men such as only the lowly of the earth
can produce.
We of the International Labor Defense call upon all the progressive
people in America today to help us honor their memories by helping us
fight the reaction, the bigotry, which brought about their death, by
helping us defend and protect the victims of the present and the future.
During the fifty years that have passed since 1887 the toll of victims
has grown. But though the road is red with the blood of these martyrs,
the triumphant march of labor towards progress and democracy has not
been halted. The example of steadfastness which they have set up
before us has strengthened us in our determination to carry on the fight
in which they lost their lives. On this anniversary, we give our pledge.
It shall be done. Reaction, fascism and the terror which it brings in its
path shall not pass.

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