Nostalgia ping
Daddy Warbucks—believed in hard work, tough but fair, paid workers well. from wikipedia
—It was also about this time (late 20s) that Gray, whose politics seem to have been either conservative or libertarian with a decided populist streak, introduced some of his more controversial storylines. He would look into the darker aspects of human nature, such as greed and treachery. The gap between rich and poor was an important theme. The strip (and Gray, in interviews) glorified the American business ethic of an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay. His hatred of labor unions was dramatized in the 1935 story “Eonite”. Other targets were the New Deal and communism. Despite the strip’s pro-capitalist slant, corrupt businessmen often appeared as villains.