Evening star., 1937-06-20
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT

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BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
The National Stamp Conference,
sponsored by the Washington Phila-
telic Society and designed to promote
interest in more attractive and better
printed postage stamps" will open, As
scheduled, at the Hotel Carlton, Six
teenth street, tomorrow afternoon at
1:30 o'clock.
David D. Caldwell, principal attorney
OF the Department of Justice and
legal adviser to the American Phila-
telic Society. will preside.
The first business on the agenda Is
the reading of greeting from Presi-
dent Roosevelt, expressing his good
will toward the meeting.
Papers selected to be read during
the afternoon are listed as follows
The Purpose of This Assembly," by
Carter Glass, jr., editor. Lynchburg
News and Advance and former presi-
dent, American Philatelic Society; IAN
Amateur Philatelist's Point of View"
John w. Longnecker, president, Stamp
Collectors Club of Hartford and presi-
dent, Southern New England Fedora
ton Of Stamp Clubs; Looking To-
ward the Ideal Stamp Design" Cecil
Betron, stamp editor, Detroit News
and president. Philatelic Journalists
of America; "Suggestions for the I'm
provement OF the Stamps of the United
States" Don Grieve, stamp editor
Cleveland Plain Dealer; Think OF the
Little Fellow" Rollin E. Flower, stamp
editor, Buffalo Evening News and
president. Buffalo Stamp Club: Some
Suggested Reforms" Deli Norona,
postal historian and winner of the
silver plate Of the First American
Philatelic Congress. 1895, Mounds
vile. W. Va; "Our Stamps Should Be
as Good as the Best" H. S. Wagner,
member of the Board of Governors,
Rubber City Stamp Club, Akron; I'M
proving the Quality of Postage
Stamps" William A. Dwiggins, author
Of Towards a Reform of the Paper
Currency, Particularly in Point Of
Design" published in 1882; Stamp
Subjects" Gerard Ten Eyck Beck
man, Indian Office: Methods Of Pro-
duction Employed by the State Print
ing Establishment, Berlin" DR.. Albert
c. Schwarting. Library Of Congress:
and Austrian Stamp Policies and
Processes" DR.. Emil Ferdinand Hirsch-
berger, American correspondent. Die
Postmarke, Vienna.
The Conference fellowship dinner
will be held at the Carlton tomorrow
evening, beginning at 7. Mr.. Caldwell
will act as toastmaster, and the speak
ers will include: Secretary Of the
Interior Harold L. 1ckes; Acting Third
Assistant Postmaster General Roy M.
North. who will bring = personal mes
sage from Postmaster General James
A. Farley; Alvin w. Hall, director OF
the Bureau Of Engraving and Print
ing; Otis Beall Kent, owner Of an
collection Of stamps
selected for perfection; and James
Waldo Fawcett, stamp editor, The
Star and president Of the Warrington
Philatelic Society.
Tickets for the dinner, $3.50 each,
may be obtained from John r. Ewell,
chairman of the committee in charge,
Room 40, Bond Building. National
1884, or at the registration desk at
the hotel. Dress, it has been stipulated,
will be informal.
The program for Tuesday begins
with a Philatelic Writers Breakfast
at the Carlton at 8 am. Albert F.
Kunze, leader, Washington Stamp
Club of the Air and Washington cor
Weekly Philatelic Gossip,
Holton, Kans., will be chairman; and
invited speakers are: Ralph A Barry,
stamp editor, New York Herald Tri-
bune; Ernest A. Kehr, stamp editor,
New York World Telegram; Kent B.
Stiles, stamp writer, New York Times;
Justin L. Bacharach. stamp editor.
New York American; David H. Daven-
port, Washington correspondent, and
Mrs. Eveleen w. Severn, associate
editor, Mekeers Weekly Stamp News,
Mass; William M. Stuart,
stamp editor, Washington Post;
Charles A. Kenny. stamp editor, Wash
ingtcn Times and Washington cor
Linns Weekly Stamp
News. Columbus; D. H. Reichgut,
stamp editor, Washington Herald;
Elmer c. Pratt, stamp editor, and
Robert B. Patton, associate stamp
editor, Camden Courier-Post, Michael
Miller. stamp editor, Baltimore Sunday
American; Stuart o. Harrison. stamp
editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch;
Michael l.. Eidsness, jr. Warrington
correspondent, Stamps Magazine, New
York; Philip H. Ward, jr.. stamp
editor, st. Nicholas Magazine, Phila-
delphia; Louis J. Heath, United Press:
Mrs. Catherine L. Manning, philatelic
curator, Smithsonian Institution;
Philip Simms Warren, vice president,
American Philatelic Society and treas
urer, Washington Philatelic Society;
Miss Irene M. Pstorio, Geological Sur
vey; Harold G. Ambrose, chief of in
formation service, Post Once Depart
ment, and Ohio L. Rogers, PhilAtelic'
Agent.
Tickets for the breakfast are 81 each
and may be had at the registration
desk.
A reception in the philatelic exhi-
bition room, Post Once Department,
at IL O'Clock, is the second event Of
the day. Mr.. North will erect dele
gates, visitors and their friends de-
string to inspect the gallery, the philA.
telic AGENCY And thu of1oAa a. kte