Labor Day, 1916
Henry Gets An Inspiration From the Statue
of Liberty
Ryan Walker, nationally known for his character, Henry Dubb, who had campaigned for Eugene Debbs in the elections of 1908 and 1912, took employment at The New York Call, the official organ of the Socialist Party and Henry Dubb made his first New
York City appearance at Battery Park on Labor Day, 1916.
A few months later, electric
lights were installed in the crown of the Statue of Libery for its thirtieth
anniversary, and all the luminaries of New York society attended a gala
celebration. The Call commented the
following day:
Liberty. We had a lot if it
in New York yesterday. That is, we had a lot of talk about it. Also, a lot of
eating and drinking in celebration of it. That is, a celebration of putting an
electric light on top of a huge figure representing said Liberty. The
celebration was organized and conducted by a little group who possess the
liberty of picking the pockets of the rest of us.
They appreciate this liberty
very much. Never tire of orating about it. Whenever any of us show that we do
not appreciate having our pockets picked as much as they appreciate picking
‘em, they tell us we’re not “patriotic.”
The Call is
the only daily paper in this city today that tells the people the truth about
the buncombe ladled out yesterday in big chunks by orators, to the clinking of
champagne glasses, while, on the outside, the people were wondering where they
would get enough money to buy the necessaries of life at sky high prices.
The plute press is published
to keep the minds of the people so muddled that they won’t think anything about
how they’re being robbed. The Call is
published for just the opposite reason. To show them how they are begin robbed
and how they could stop the robbery. That’s the reason the robbers would like
to stop The Call. (December 3, 1916)
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