Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-02
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BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt has
become an honorary member of the
Washington Philatelic Society. His
acceptance Of an invitation from the
Board Of Governors was reported by
Charles H. Vaughan, secretary, at a
meeting held at the Hotel Carlton
Wednesday evening.
Secretary Of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes aud Oliver Owen Kuhn, man
aging editor, The Star, also were an
nounced as having enrolled-both as
active members. The name OF Mr.,
Ickes was presented by Gerard Ten
Eyck Beeckman, National Parks Serv-
ice, and that Of Mr.. Kuhn by James
Waldo FaWcett.
read a list Of other applicants in
GLIDING: Chester L. Landlord, presi-
dent. Franklin D. Roosevelt Stamp
Club. Douglas, Ga: F. A. Bickert,
Home Owners Loan Corp; Capt. H.
T. Harris, Herman Bocoraelski, M. L.
Schoenthal, Miss Agnes johnson and
Miss Dorothy Eisbrouch.
The Revenue Service Philatelists
attended the meeting in a body under
the leadership of Frederick j. Roy.
president. E. Taylor PapSon discussed
General Collecting" and argued the
attraction Of universal interest in
stamps as opposed to narrow speciali-
Zation; Clyde D. German exhibited
and explained a fine collection of air
mail covers and Russell J. Borhek
submitted several frames of early
United States issues.
William C. Bond, president of the
society, was chairman, and Theodore
Forbes conducted an auction of ma
terial offered by members.
Among those present were: DR.
Ellis Haworth, Mayo Dudley, Valde-
mar Weiergang, Edwin w. Bethel,
]. H. Jenkins, Albert F. Kunze, Frank
B. Leech, NJ. G. Cooper, DR.. M. D.
Skinner, John K. Hedler. Mead John
son, Mrs. Dorothy Rus, Miss Alice D.
Cilley, Harold H. Marsh, Harry A.
Fox, Clyde De Binder, Ernest Kletsch,
Seager. L. A. Whitney and Mrs. S. A..
Wright.
President Roosevelt has added to his
personal philatelic treasury since
March 4, 1893. a complete set of the
Christmas seals. l907-1933. presented
by the National tuberculosis Society;
a collection of the stamps Of Russia,
presented by the Russian Ambassador;
a collection Of the stamps Of Costa
Rica, presented by the Costa Rican
Minister; a collection of the stamps
OF the Netherlands, presented by
delegation of college students from
that country, and miscellaneous
stamps. presented by friends and
strangers.
He has purchased from time to
time specimens of his own particular
choice, including certain stamps of
Egypt, which he especially wanted.
Red Cross National tuberculosis
Society Christmas seals are proper
material for philatelic study. Secretary
Ickes, speaking over a National Broad
casting Co. network Thursday, de-
clared.
LAS a philatelist," he said, "or,
rather, as stamp collector, as I like
TO call myself in more homely terms,
I suggest that every stamp collector
in the United States look forward to
the issuance OF these tuberculosis
stamps with as much eagerness as he
anticipated last Summer the placing
on sale of the stamps for our National
Parks.
1T is said that there are in the
United States between a million and
two millions of stamp collectors. and
I suspect that many Of them have the
habit, Just as I have. of buying the
semi-postal stamps Of foreign coun-
tries. The albums provide spaces for
these stamps and most collectors do
not feel that their collections are up
to-date unless they possess fair pro-
portion of them. realize that there
is a distinction between the European
semi-postal stamps and the ones is
sued by the National tuberculosis As
ISOLATION in this country. In Europe
such stamps have a recognition from
the several governments that the
Christmas seals do not have here But
this is a distinction without a differ
ence AS a matter of fact, our Ameri-
can tuberculosis stamps ought to have
just as much validity and ought to be
just as desirable part of a philatelist's