 His term was marked by a commitment to expansion of the city's parks and playgrounds, establishment of city health centers, and improvements in the local system of public schools and in garbage collections—the classic range of practical programmatic interests later known as sewer socialism.During his first term of office, Lunn was invited to speak in support of a strike then in progress in the town of Little Falls, New York.He accepted the offer but was denied permission to speak by city officials in a public park.