Evening star., 1937-06-13
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

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When the National Stamp Confer
ence meets at the Hotel Carlton, Six
teenth street, Monday and Tuesday
June 81 and %, David D. Caldwell
principal attorney of the Department
of Justice, legal adviser to the Amer
lean Philatelic Society and member
of the Board of Governors of the
WASHINGTON Philatelic Society, will be
in the chair.
This was announced Monday at a
meeting of the Committee on Ar
rangements, called to consider plans
for the meeting designed to promote
Interest in more attractive and better
printed postage stamps"
Mr.. Caldwell has been a collector
since boyhood. He is a native of Gin
clnnati, but has resided in the District
OF Columbia since 1894, in which year
he entered the Justice Department
service. A prominent member of the
American Bar Association. he also has
/ been president Of the Federal Bar
Association and of the Sigma Nu Phi
Legal Fraternity In 1900 he was one
of those who initiated the movement
Which resulted in the enactment of
legislation providing for the retire
ment OF superannuated Government
employees on an annujty-an act
passed by Congress in 1920.
The COMMITTEES on ARRANGEMENTS
likewise announced a second list of
authors invited to read papers at the
conference, as follows: Clarence w.
Brazer, New York, expert on United
States stamps of the nineteenth CEN
tury; Stanley r. Ashbrook. Fort
Mitchell, Ky, scientific student cs
phllately and writer of the standard
monograph on the 1-cent issues of
l851-l857; Adolph D. Fennel, coun-
selor to Stamps Magazine, New York;
Philip H. Ward, jr., Philadelphia. con-
tributor to the national philatelic
press for many years; William A.
DWlgeins, bingham, Mass. author of
Towards Reform of the Paper Cur
sency, Particularly in Point of De-
sign published in 1882; Justin L.
Bacharach, stamp editor, New York
American; John w Longnecker. sec
retary, Hartford Stamp Collectors
Club; Ralph A. Kimble, editor, the
American Philatelist, Chicago; C. G..
Alton Means, secretary, New Haven
Phllatellc Society, and stamp editor,
New Haven Evening Register: Frank
lin R. Bruins, stamp editor, New York
Sun; Richard Mop. Cabeen, stamp
editor, Chicago Tribune; Ernest A.
kehr, stamp editor, New York World
Ielegram; Cecil Betron. stamp editor,
Detroit News; George A. HenhoefTer.
stamp editor. Philadelphia Evening
Ledger, and Charles J. Phillips, New
York, philatelic adviser to the late
King George V.
10 supervise the conference ex-
hibltion. the committee named AL
bert F. Kunze, leader, Washington
Stamp Club of the Air. and Wash
lngton correspondent, Weekly Phila-
tehc Gossip, Holton, Kans. He also
VIII be in charge of the philatelic
writer's breakfast at the Carlton,
Tuesday morning, June % at 9.
Arrangements for the conference
GOOD fellowship dinner, Monday
evening, June 81. at 7, are in the
hands of John R. Ewell, first vice
president of the Washington Phila-
telic Society.
The committee sponsored this state
ment of the conference PURPOSES. TT
Is hoped that new and helpful policies
OF understanding and cooperation
between the philatelic public and the
Government may result from the
meeting. All persons concerned with
stamp collecting are urged to be
present. 1t is of vital Importance that
the conference be truly representa-
tive Of the philatelic fraternity of
the Nation
Members OF the committee, as previ-
ously reported, are: Mrs. Catherine L.
Manning, philatelic curator, Smith
sonian Institution; C. H. Vaughn.
secretary, Washington Philatelic So
ciety: Philip Simms Warren, vice
president. American Philatelic So
ciety: William c. Bond, superinten-
dent, Library of Congress; Gerard
Ten Eyck Beeckman. Indian Office;
Miss Irene M. Pistorio, Geological
Survey: Valdemar Weiergang, Joseph
A. Herbert. Miss Agnes johnson, Ed
ward B. Martin, DR.. Ellis HaWorth.
Edwin w. Bethel, Mr.. Kunze and
Mr.. Ewell.
The Post Office Department yes
terday released a four-page multi
Fraphed list of stamps issued since
March 4, 1888, with the names Of de-
STAMPS