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cialty are invited to notice the 60
called commemorative" postmarks Of
the Netherlands, many Of which are
beautiful - well ~ historically in
teresting.
Arthur Stanley advises renewed in
terest In forgotten countries" like
Abyssinia. Montenegro, Tasmania,
Queensland, Western and Southern
Australia. The stamps Of these dead"
governments are not expensive.
Forgeries Of the lovely Queen Astrid
stamps Of Belgium have been traced
to q printer in BarcelonA.
Yugoslavia will issue . special set
Of stamps for the Belgrade Interna-
tional Philatelic Exhibition September
II to 10.
A collector, writing to Mrs. Man.
ming, raises an important question:
ut has occurred to me that extreme
care is imperative or . valuable COL
lection would be seriously damaged
over = great period Of time. Stamps
should increase in value with great
age, and they should be preserved in
such q way as to insure maximum pro-
lection from the fading of ink or the
deterioration Of paper. I have even
seriously wondered If building up
collection~of stamps Is worth while at
all, II there Is doubt that they may
be preserved from the ravages of
time. Will you kindly help me?"
The problem merits study. Perhaps
the American Philatelic Society might
sponsor \ scientific inquiry In the
interest Of = practical solution.
Denver shortly will have direct
East and West airmail service. The
Post Once Department has announced
that 1t will be included in United
Air Lines contract for airmail route
No. l. Newark to San Francisco. :
Persons who buy any and all kinds
Of stamps without much regard for
condition or values will spend an
equal amount or more playing billiards
without thought Of ever recovering
the cost OF their entertainment; but
II 1t becomes necessary to dispose OF
a stamp collection, they will insist
that they must get their cost out of
the stamps and, II possible, interest
At 6 per cent compounded semi
annually.
The publicity which stamp collect
Ing receives is generally in terms of
dollars and cents, and not in terms
OF the valuable training which may
result from an intensive study OF the
stamps or the reaction and mental
relaxation which may be obtained
with an album; and this unbalanced
publicity has led many inexperienced
collectors to believe that a few sheets
OF current stamps laid aside now will
enable them to retire before the O.
A. B. reaches their number"
A publicity release from New York
says: "A national stamp exposition,
arranged as a promotional project for
the benefit Of the hobby, will be pre-
sented In Radio City from October 2
to 10.
sponsored by the New York Mu-
scum OF Science and Industry in
Rockefeller Center, this show will in
clude exhibits by the foremost philate-
lists in the country, as well as spe-
clal displays by official agencies affili-
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some other process of engraving. but
processes and methods are Of little
concern. It's the product that
counts.
Postage stamps are emblematic OF
a nation; they reflect the character
Of the people they represent and per-
haps 1t is just as important that they
be beautifled for cultural objectives as
1t is that ornate trimmings or mural
paintings be added to public buildings
which are seen by relatively few per-
sons"
Similar commendation comes from
H. S. Wagner Of the Rubber City
Stamp Club, Akron, who says: 1T
is beyond my comprehension to justi-
fy the continuation of the use of the
wet process in producing United
States stamps, particularly when the
influence of the collector is admitted
to be as consequential as 1t Is. Per-
haps those who would continue the
present type of production will say that
1t is an essential safeguard against
counterfeiting, and I am sure there
are many collectors who are quite
happy to have the Bureau of Engrav-
Ing and Printing continue the wet
process because of the fact that the
bad centering confers more value
upon the minimum number Of superb
stamps which result from that waste
ful process. There may be some
thing in that, but it is my feeling that
when the hobby has become as wide
spread as it is, then We have reached
time when much more attention
should be given by the Government it.
self to the solution of the problem of
providing majority rather than a
minority of all stamps issued in first
class condition. Apparently that can
not be done under the wet process
and to me, if the idea of producing
majority Of all stamps In good con-
dltlon has any merit, that alone is
reason enough for the Government to
change its method of printing,
Going back to the thought about
counterfeiting, I do not believe that
the Government has ever lost any
great amount Of money through
efforts OF that kind, even though COL
lectors, rather than the Government
spies have been responsible for the
uncovering of most Of the efforts
to duplicate It is time that de.
signs should be selected by . small
commission on which the Bureau and
the Post ONCE Department and with
out question the collectors OF the
country should be represented.
An announcement concerning the
flve-cent Army and Navy west Point
and Annapolis) stamps Is expected
momentarily.
Postmaster General James A. Farley
on Wednesday evening announced that
special souvenir sheet Of postage
stamps will be issued in connection
with the convention OF the Society of
Philatelic Americans, to be held at
Asheville, N. c., from August 26 to 20,
inclusive The denomination and SUBJ
ject matter Of the issue have not been
determined, but will be disclosed by the
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ated with the issue of postage stamps.
Elaborate programs are scheduled
for the spacious auditorium through
out the duration OF the exposition.
Lectures by renowned personalities
who have found recreation by collect
ing stamps, motion pictures and pro-
grams arranged by stamp clubs and
philatelic societies are all included.
THE keynote of the exposition will
be non-commercial, for neither deal
ers' booths nor advertising will be sold.
collectors and clubs interested in
further details are invited to write
for complete prospectus. available
free Of charge from the New York
Museum Of Science and Industry,
r. c. A. Building. 80 Rockefeller
Plaza, New York"
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The Bethesda Stamp Club will meet
at the Bethesda Elementary School
Wednesday evening at O'Clock. Prof.
Lowell Ragatz Of George Washington
University will speak, and all young
collectors of the community are invited.
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Post Once Department at 4 later
date.

Post Once Department At = later
date.
Reports from the postmaster at San
Francisco show that . total Of $3.50
covers were carried on the westbound
Night OF the China Clipper plane
which left that city for Macao and
Hongkong on WednssdAy. Ako-
gether, 9,9os covers were designated
San Francisco to Hawaii, 2,4s6 to
Guam, 3,57l to Manila, 12,4SS to Ma
Gao and 31,377 to Hongkong. Pam
American Airlines, operators Of the
system, reported orders to be serviced
from Hongkong to San Francisco at
20,287, from Macao to the same
terminus, 2l,2o3.
The Post Once Departments illus
trated ofhcial list of United States
postage stamps still remains in that
never never land from which collectors
almost have given up hope that it
ever will emerge.
Harry L. Lindquist, editor and pub
Usher of Stamps Magazine and presi-
dent of the National Federation Of
Stamp Collectors, was in washington
Thursday and Friday for conferences
with Government omcials on the il
lustrations law problem.
If jury Of philatelists is invited
to pass on designs for stamps under
the plan submitted to President
Roosevelt by Edward Bruce. head Of
the painters and sculptors branch Of
the Procurement Division Of the
Treasury Department, the names Of
Mrs. Manning. Mr.. Southgate, Mr.
Klein and Duncan Phillips, founder
Of the Phillips Memorial Gallery, may
appear on the panel.
Mr.. Bruce. has agreed to study the
beautiful postal issues Of foreign
countries. He was 4 collector in his
boyhood.
A Boy Scout stamp may be author
lied for release during the jamboree
here next Summer.
Memories OF the coronation airpost
OF 1911, flown between Windsor and
London. have been revived by prepa-
rations for the crowning OF King
George vi.
Referring to Brazil's 50r and 2,000r
airmail stamps OF 1929, Gibson ".
Willets declares that Fra Bartholo-
meu de Gusmao, 1685-l724. raised
disturbances in three countries and
was, in truth, publicity-seeker, a
downright faker and false contender
for aeronautical honors. He
gave nothing to aviation but big
laugh, yet he Is twice honored on
postage stamps Of the country Of his
BIRTH"
THE word stamp comes from the
old Anglo-Saxon 'stempan' and origi-
nally had the meaning Of to tread
heavily" says Charles H. Lea.
Smallest Of English stamps is the
half-penny, rose, of 1870, engraved
and printed by Perkins, Bacon 81 Co.,
for use on inland newspapers and
printed matter. Covers showing pairs
employed for Id postage are uncom-
mon but exceedingly desirable
Stamp collecting cannot 60 into the
category OF craze" writes Thomas
Patton. 1T has been u popular hobby
In every country of the world for
nearly 80 years and will be quite as
r,op,llar for m Ia nv .raors Ia oo.,a>,
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The Washington Philatelic Society
will meet at the Hotel Carlton, We'd
nesday evening at 8. Program ar.
rangements call for an Austrian eve.
ming, with short addresses and exhi-
bltions by Mr.. Warren, Mr.. Hirsch.
berger and others. The Austrian
Ambassador and his staff have been
asked to attend and all visitors are
welcome.
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The Washington Stamp Club Of the
Air will meet tomorrow evening at
7:45 from Station VOL. Mr.. Kunze
will have ~ guest speaker Ernest A
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A new magazine. called Pastimes, Is
about to appear on the market.
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G. J. Matson, writing in the Stamp
Review. London, says Altogether
something like 1,50O different and
distinct postage stamps have been
issued In the United States, and while
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"a. o6DE OnD JONES,
Novelist and stamp collector,
recently came to Washington
on a philatelic pilgrimage
and; departing for Europe on
Friday, left behind a promise
to return for q more extended
stay nert autumn. He 1Das
born in Canada in 1887, makes
his home in California, 1Urites
tireleSSly on romantic hiStor-
ical themes, contributes reg
nlarly to the philatelic press
and is especially concerned to
deDelop and perfect an al
ready famous collection of the
stamps OF France, including
balloon post.
Star Staff Photo.
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Mrs. Manning and Mr.. Beeckman
will be in Baltimore tomorrow to serve
as judges Of the annual exhibition OF
the Hochschild. Kohn Co. Stamp Club.
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Stamp collecting cannot 60 into the
category OF craze" writes Thomas
Patton. 1T has been u popular hobby
In every country of the world for
nearly 80 years and will be quite as
popular for many years to come"
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The Washington Collectors Club,
Branch S, Society of Philatelic Ameri-
cans, Will meet at the Thomson School,
tuesday evening at 8. Members Of
the Washington Stamp Club of the
Air Will be guests and will stage an
exhibition. Public invited.
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Mr.. Whitney, back In Washington
after a business trip to Canada,
prophesies a considerable increase IN
interest in airmail stamps and covers
during the next two or three years.
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kenr. philatelic editor Of the New
York World Telegram.
The Capital Precancel Club will
meet IN Room 6. Thomson School,
twelfth street, tomorrow evening at
3. Visitors welcome
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An announcement concerning the
flve-cent Army and Navy west Point
and Annapolis) stamps Is expected
momentarily.
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RESORTS.

Ercole Gloria, Casella Postale 328,
Torino, has brought out an attractive
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Anthony Telli, 1922 Fourth street
southwest. is the owner of . mag
niflcent gold medal and the Cross Of
Knight awarded to him for philatelic
mosaic compositions exhibited at Rome
in 1911 and Milan in 1914.
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illustrated catalogue Of the stamps Of
Italy and colonies.

Fred J. Melville, international dean
Of philatelic literature" will preside
at the coronation dinner Of the Junior
Philatelic Society, Dorchester Hotel,
London. Saturday evening, May IS.
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ing his nose, and his hose isn't thread
bare-lnCidentallv he wears Vooen
socks. even in the Summer time
Destiny is apt to reward Sardonic
and rebellious men and pass up the
pleasant conformiSts and yes-mnn So
il was with Mr. Hecht For quite
few years he was the bad boy Of liter
ature. His Jew in Love" caused the
critics 70 howl with anguish. The
more he dvnamited literary conven-
tions the greater his success At last
he's a Hollywood slave, but still sar-
donir.
He was born in New York in 1894
and attended high school in Racine.
Wis He began newspaper work with
the Chicago Journel in 1910 and was
with the Chicago News from 1914 tn
1928 His novel Erik Dorm" was the
start of his literary fame His first
play, The Egoist." was produced in
I 1923. He came East in 1926 He seems
| to be sort of sloughing along. taking
things easy. but he is really a demon
for Hork-providIng he can do it his
own way. AS success closes in on him.
he feels that at least he may be un-
systematic. He is bit bulky. Of me-
dunn stature, with neat little mus
tache. with no marks of AccentrlcItv
in demeanor or person. But quite an
oddity in the Hollywood lockstep for
all that.
(Copyright, 1o37D
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divided allegiance is demanded there
is always uncertainty.
Question Of Faith.
The only possible advantage to the
Government workers Is that the c. \.
o. will set up lobby for them on
Capitol Hill. presumably to help in
crease pay and improve working con-
ditions. But it is a travesty on COM
mon sense that the Federal workers
cannot remain faithful to their own
organization which they have had for
years. and which. after a short expe-
rience with an outside union, decided
TO maintain an independent status.
Such an association can pay for any
lobby and carry on every activity that
John Lewis promises and do the job
for an inf1nitesimal cost compared to
the tax which the c. I. O. imposes
for dues. Likewise there are embar-
rassments for the loyal employe who.
upon being asked to furnish certain
information to his union, must at the
same time maintain his allegiance to
his employer-his Government.
The c. l. o. party is definitely
political movement today and the
sooner the President and the Attorney
General recognize this fact and re-
quire obedience to the Federal cor
rupt practices law. the sooner will the
American people recover the respect
they have lost for an administra ton
which is vigilant to enforce the law
against political enemies but slow to
investigate violations by its political
allies.
fCopyrieht 1872
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NICE PAYS TRIBUTE
TOCARDINAL GIBBONS
Governor Prevented by Illness
From Attending Rites Here
Sunday

A tribute to the memory OF James
Cardinal Gibbons, who will be hon.
ored at special ceremonies here Sun
day, under the auspices Of the Knights
OF Columbus, was paid today by Gov
Nice Of Maryland. In letter to WAL
ter I. Plant, State deputy OF the
knights, regretting his inability to be
here for the ceremonies on account Of
illness. Gov. Nice said:
Il do want to pay public tribute and
personal respect and regard to the
memory of one of Maryland's most
outsta ndlng citizens, my personal
friend. and one whose services to the
religious life OF our community, to the
advancement Of the civic betterment
OF our people, and whose life was an
inspiration to all who knew him. and
I will appreciate it very much il you
will be kind enough to present on my
behalf a suitable wreath in order
that. while I shall be absent in the
flesh it will b. known that I am
present in spirit
The ceremonies will begin at :
pm. at the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart, Sixteenth street and Park
road. where the Gibbons statue Is
located
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Secretary of War since Henry Knox
McNut, inclndino the latest
interpret their brand
democracy, his usefulness the islands
While he
Clarksburg difficulty
So did they.
The Democratic Mr. johnson debt for what he did
division committee
helped the President cleo
opposed him another that probably
Roosevets regard.
happened Don0ns
balancing
reternns. nc2nding ho
the delicate Job OF the heat.
of
he eephoned
Director
conference
embarrassing situation.
Keith Merrill
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We, the People
Black .Conncry Labor Bill Is Aimed at Debating
John l. Lewis and C. l. O.

Texas and Representative Cox OF
Georgia, and will provoke further
bitterness.
Takes On All Industry.
The labor standards bill goes too
far in taking on all industry. This
position was forced upon its trainers
by the Supreme Court decision which
outlawed the first Gufiey coal act.
Had that act been upheld, the New
Deal could have proceeded to enact
series Of little N. R. A." laws for the
basic Industries and could have steered
clear of the quicksand OF wholesale
economic administration which swal-
lowed the N. r. A. and which lies
ahead of the board which will admin
lister this law.
But the court compelled Mr.. Roose-
velt to postulate his labor reforms on
nothing less than the general welfare
Thus it is that the true authors Of A
revolutionary change are generally
those conservatives who refuse to
give an inch, rather than the radicals
who are thus compelled TO take an ell
tCopyright, 1917
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law was to enable the public to see
what financial influences were behind
the various so-called non-partisan
groups who have sought in various
ways to influence Federal elections.
War Chest Swelling.
The C. I. o. is preparing even bigger
campaign chests for 1898 and 1910.
One easy source OF funds will be the
money to be derived from organizing
100000 employees Of the Federal,
State and city governments at 81 a
month dues In return for this the
employees cannot expect the c. l. O.
to arrange a strike or do any collec-
tive bargaining or picketing. for that
can do. of course. is to picket men,
bers of Congress and exprt political
pressure on behalf Of Government
employees and for this the Govern
ment workers are asked to put up a
maximum of about sl0.0O0,0O0 A year
Naturally not all OF the Government
employees will join, but Ii only 20 per
cent Of them do it still means $400. 900
a month or about $4,sO0.o00 a year,
which is more than most political
parties have been able to collect in
years past.
The spectacle Of a labor organiza =
ton moving into the ranks OF Gov
ernment workers has made many
folks in the executive positions in the
Government rather uneasy They
will not be able to tell whether the
employees feel Uncle Sam or John
Lewis is the boss hereafter For when
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the OF Leon Blum
time in
after
o Civil War
Non is and America. There
., many him TO take
trpn relying his
country Weeks
Ambassador.
Blum. who word Of English But
make speeches in broken English.
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Reports which arrived this week from France indicate that despite
the the
Italians show
following obedienty
friendly allies
the channel that will tolerate scsm in Spain
French COL de la
The Chauemps nil oil probability be short
ined Whether Bonnet mill take mm1teridl
The tendency toward coalition and the Communists
declined responsibility
potofolos
So have the of the Righist parties
puzzled about the attitude the British and believe
unless will mudd
And this muddling might be fatal
advance
government
and be consulted
mus A
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BY JAY FRANKLIN.

vUST As the Resettlement Admin
istration was the means OF
melting the ice under Huey
~ Longs demagonic appeal to the
economic untouchables of the Deep
South. by relieving some Of their more
urgent needs, so the Black-Connery
labor standards bill is calculated to
by achieving decent labor conditions
without resort to militant unionism
and strikes.
1t is designed to bring industrial
warfare further within the reach of
orderly, political procedure--a process
which began with the upholding OF the
Wagner labor relations act by the
Supreme Court.
This project for a labor law is what
General johnson calls "Machiavel-
lian." since it removes control of basic
industrial relations from the judiciary
and, taking advantage Of the general
welfare" clause in the Constitution,
directly challenges the Supreme
Courts defunct decision that condi-
tions OF employment do not affect the
general welfare. 1t thus kills two birds
with one stone-always An annoying
procedure to the owner OF the chicken
coop.
Death Weakened Support.
The Black -Connery bill faces tre-
mendous opposition. The sudden
death Of Representative William P.
Connery of Massachusetts robbed the
measure OF its sblest advocate in the
House of Representatives. His sue
cessor as chairman OF the House
Labor Committee. Mrs. Norton of
New Jersey. is amiable but Inadequate,
so the conduct OF the battle has been
transferred to Senator Black OF Ala
bama and the rarifed tsince heated
air OF the Upper Chamber Of Congress.
The bill gets off to lame start as
result of the squabble between the
American Federation of Labor and the
c. I. o. 1t is hard to get united labor
support from diSunited la Dor eaders.
though it is possibly just as well that
this should be the case If We are to get
rid OF racketeerIng in American labor
unionism 1t should be repeated and
fully understood that this measure will
help debate the extra legal aspects Of
labor unionism in this country.
Labor May Oppose II.
On this account many labor leaders
may oppose it as a threat to their
meal-tickets. II labor gets its rewards
through governmental action instead
OF through strikes, labors economic
allegiance will be transferred from
their union officials to their political
representatives.
The greatest single battle over the
bill will be provoked by petty Southern
industrialists This lies back of Mr.
Gamers recent disagreement with
President Roosevelt. The low differ
entail wages for the South provided by
the old N. r. A. will not be disturbed
But there are large number of
Chlseling factories. often located in
small Southern towns where the oper-
ators can rely on local farmers busi-
ness men and peace officers to serve as
vi2ilantes, which wish to remain en-
tirely outside the scope Of the proposed
law.
Even with a differential wage they
would be unable to compete except by
sWea t-shop methods There is merit
in their position. politically If not
economically. so much so that N. R. A.
exempted concerns located in towns
OF less than certain size. This prob
lem accounts for the recent exchange
OF insults between Maury Maverick Of
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Folk
and What
TheyDo.
New Contract Makes
Ben Hecht Highest
Paid Film Writer.
BY LEMUEL r. PARTON.

n EN- HEcHT is tied to the movie
X chariot With golden chains.
- His new lone-term contract
with Samuel Golduyn makes
him the highest paid writer in Holly
wood. It Is no lightly imposed bond
age. His soul was filed with bitter
ness when Hollywood hielngs began
TO creep up on him. Trapped in his
Nyack Castle. he hardly dared VEN
ture out for fear OF ambush. He was
afraid to look AT check in the morn
ing mail for fear it might be MOVIE
bait. One dresry December day in
1891. baf1ed and desperate. With 4
film scout hiding behind every bush.
he defed his tormentors in a long
anguished poem. Here is one verse.
Your gags and vows and slapstlck
Whams.
And all your panSv RomeOS.
And all your billboard orifammeS,
And all your zukors. Myers and
LOeUs
viii cash in for q load Of CLAIMS.
Outside your door in threa dbarS
hose
A-dreaming of MS dithyramns
Our gallant Thespls thumbs his
nose.
He said the trouble with Hollywood
was that nobody could make a soV's
ear out Of a silk purse, and 1t ought
to quit pesterlng literary men. His
play, Front Page" which he wrote
with his old knockabout newspaper