The French nation had given the Statue of Liberty to the American people and our Government has set aside space for it on Bedloe Island. but efforts to raise funds to construct a base had failed. Mr. Pulitzer remembered how he. as a boy of 17 entering Boston harbor. had looked eagerly for the land of promise to rise upon the horizon. Libertys statue. he determined. would be the future beacon of welcome to immigrant boys. A quotation which appears on the stamp fits well into the motive of any tribute paid to Joseph Pulitzer: "Our Republic and Its press will rise or fall together." Joseph Pulitzer did all within his power to make certain that both would rise. In New York today there will be a commemorative observance at Columbia University. where Mr.
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