Why did a little nationality like the Finns become such a force in the communist and socialist movement? The answer is simple and I believe that Gus Hall said something like this: "It is easy to be a communist when you are forced to live in woods eating roots and berries." An American industrialist brought in Irish and Welch scabs to cross the picket lines of Finns striking for better wages, that is why on St. Patrick's Day the Finnish-American celebrate St. Urho who drove the bugs out of Finland