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Evening star., 1938-04-24
Star Staff Photo.

stamp collector since 1877, enter
tanned the Washington Philatelic So
ciety wednesday evening with q
spirited talk about his experiences as
stamp collector in many different
parts of the world. He showed, among
other selected items from his albums,
f1rst-day cover sent to him by his
father from the Columbian Exposition,
Chicago, May l, 1898; Puerto Rico
and Philippine Islands covers of the
Spanish War period; complete sets OF
Borneo and Labuan, French ana
German Canton issues, Gibraltar,
Crete. Bavaria. Luxembourg and Aus
tria, purchased while serving abroad;
World War covers, early airmails,
German imitation covers and philatelic
exhibition stamps. 1T is proper to
collect United States issues" he told
his audience, but every collector also
ought to collect at least one foreign
country"
Among visitors present was Maj.
Stephan Graae of Iceland, introduced
by DR.. Albert c. Schwarting.
The next auction of the Washing
ton Stamp Club Of the Air will be held
at the Carlton Hotel Friday evening,
May 8. Portions Of the collection Of
the late Mayo Dudley are included in
the 275 lots of stamps and covers to
be sold. Catalogues may be had from
John r. Eveu, 40 Bond Building.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at g. Capital Pre-
cancel Club, Room 6, Thomson School,
Twelfth street. Program, exhibition
and bourse.
Tomorrow evening at 8, Woodbridge
Stamp Club, 2206 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE. Program and auction.
Tuesday evening at 8, Washington
Collectors Club. Branch S, Society of
Philatelic Americans. Thomson School.
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Ramsey S. Black and other depart
ment of1cials. guests and speakers.
exhibition ana bourSe.
Wednesday evening at 8. Washing
ton Philatelic Society. Hotel Carlton.
Sixteenth street. Continental bourse,
each member to bring 100 stamps to
trade.
Friday evening at 7:45, Washington
Stamp Club of the Air, Station VOL.
Albert F. Kunze will dramatic the
story of the stamps relating to the
Spanish-American War. 1898, and
comment on current philatelic devel-
opments.
Saturday afternoon at /. philatelic
luncheon group, Hotel Harrington,
Eleventh street. Round table discus
sion OF stamp news.
Saturday afternoon at 4:3O, Ma
tional Federation of Stamp Clubs
broadcast, Station WRC.
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slam unless north should hold a long
string of clubs to the king-queen,
which is very unlikely Three no
trumps Is lay-doun, no matter what
the lead may be. If the lead is a spade
four, no trump will be made. but no
lead can defeat contract Of three no
trump.
WINNERS in the Fairfax Hotel
game on Friday night were: Tom
Hamlin and James Sourilas, first, DR..
E. B. Conolly and c. B. Pennebaker,
second. and Mrs L. v. Crane, third.
On Tuesday afternoon: Mrs. D. E.
Stephan and J. A. Dearing, first; Mrs.
John Coffee and James Sourilas,> sec
ond, and Mrs. Alma Byrne and Mrs.
G. G. Bradley. third.
On Wednesday morning: Mrs. Oliver
Hoyem and Mrs. Dora Schwartz. first;
Mrs. Jack Bennett and Mrs. MEME
Barry. second, and Mrs. Weyman Tar
play and J. A. Dearing, third.
WINNERS at the Shoreham Monday
were: Mrs. Weyman and Gen.
McGlachlin, first. and Mrs. James
Casey and Mrs. John Evans, second.
At THE Agriculture Club, Gordon
Hotel: Mrs. Laura T. Griffith
and H. r. Little. first; Mr.. and Mrs
Walter S. Frisbie. second, and Dr.
Emily Grewe and E. H. Holmes, third
At COLONIAL VILLAGE the win
ners, North and South. last week
were: Mrs. E. L. Bono and Robert
Marcus. first: Mrs. c. NJ. Hall and p
E. Remington. second; Mr.. and Mrs
A. H. Cohen. third: East and West, Mr.
and Mrs. w. H. Owens, first: Mr.. and
Mrs. J. H. Miller, second. and Miss
Ruth Decker and Floyd Pomeroy,
third,
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By G. Adams H0ward.

"A II ORE than 10000 boys and girls
M representing the school safety
vV patrols Of the American Auto
4 4 mobile Association will stage
their annual parade down Constitu-
ton avenue = week from this Saturday.
This march will exemplify safety in
its truest form, as every one now knows
what great service these children have
rendered in all parts Of the country.
Their splendid work Of saving lives
and preventing accidents around
schools has received the unstinted
praise Of police and trafIic oficials In
all cities whether large or small.
Patrols in IS States already have
signifled their intention to have dele
cations present In the National Capt.
tai. Others are expected to come.
While the parade Is the highlight of
the annual demonstration, visiting pa
troll members will start arriving Friday,
May 6, for a round of sightseeing and
entertainment. Greetings by President
Roosevelt at mass meeting on the
White House lawn was feature Of the
1885 event, and last year the young
sters were greeted at the Capitol by
Speaker Bankhead and other members
Of Congress.
AS final details are being completed
for the seventh annual safety demon
stration by representatives of the ESQ.,
900 youngsters who daily safeguard
schoolmates in $500 communities,
Thomas P. Henry Of Detroit, Mich,
president of the American Automobile
Association. declared that the 1898
parade promises to be one Of the most
colorful on record.
Few national events" said Mr..
Henry, have gained such widespread
recognition In such q short period OF
time. Blk years ago. the first parade
attracted youngsters from only the
District Of Columbia and nearby States.
Each year since 1t has attracted an
increasing number Of visiting marchers,
been featured by more colorful floats
and drill teams and met with more
interest on the part Of ofncial WASH
ington. The outlook is that the parade
this year will be one OF the greatest
ever staged In the United States by the
younger generation, with at least Is
States and the National Capital rep
resented"
Among the States which have al
ready entered school patrol delega-
tions are Georgia. Illinois, Maryland,
Massa chusetts, Michigan. New Jersey,
New York. North Carolina, South Car
olina, Ohio. Pennsylvania. Rhode Is
land, Virginia. West Virginia and Ver-
mont. Other States are making plans
to be represented and it is anticipated
that between 5000 and 5000 visiting
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Autornotive Briefs

The entire Nash organization, con-
sisting of dealers. distributors and
retail statesmen of the Atlantic sea-
board division. convened IN Philadel-
phia last Wednesday to attend a
spring sales and merchandising meet
ing, held at the Penn Athletic Club.
Over 500 members of the organiza-
ton from distributing territories con-
trolled by Washington. Norfolk, Rich
mond, Baltimore. Philadelphia and
Harrisburg were present. The Wash
ington group was headed by c. P.
JacD Turner, general manager OF
Nash Motors of Washington. local
distributors. Courtney Johnson, gen.
eral sales manager OF Nash. con-
Quoted the meeting and outlined the
spring sales plans. which were en-
Enthusiastically received,
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ing the Washington Collectors Club
Tuesday evening, traced the Develop
ment Of the postal service as a civil
izing influence. Through successive
generations, he explained, the facili-
ties Of mail transportation have been
improved and have stimulated Inn
provement. The service. therefore,
may be regarded historically as 4 con-
structive force in the Nations build
ing. quite aside from its immediate
utilitarian purpose.
COL Spencer Cosby, U. s. A., retired,
former District Commissioner and a
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youngsters will converge on Washing
ton and march with the d. c. units.

youngsters will converge on Washing
ton and march with the d. G. units.
Police are not always engaged in
making arrests. With the trafIic prob
lem 80 serious everywhere, many Of
the onicers are going into the engi-
neering field In hope Of finding safety
aids in that branch.
Police departments undertaking
trafnc engineering work now have q
guide to standard procedure through
the publication this week of . hand
book entitled TRAFFIC Engineering and
the Police" The handbook has been
published jointly by the National Con-
servation Bureau and the Safety Divi-
sion Of the International Association
Of Chiefs Of Police, and deals with ele-
mentary traf1ic engineering techniques
designed to reduce trafnc accidents
and congestion through the control
Of physical hazards.
"Traf1ic Engineering and the Po-
lice" is the work OF Harold F. Ham
mond, director of the Traffic Division
Of the National Conservation Bureau,
and~L 1t. Franklin M. Kreml, director
of the Safety Division of the Interna-
tional Association of Chiefs of Police
and of Northwestern University Traf-
nc Safety Institute. While the pub
lication is primarily intended for
police use, 1t is expected to be equally
helpful to other municipal depart
ments engaged In trafnc engineering
work.
Preparation Of the handbook rounds
out another section Of the stock cas-
ualty companies cooperative program
for traflc control carried on through
the National Conservation Bureau.
The bureau points out that "Trafic
Engineering and the Police" is q de-
velopment Of the engineering section
of Creating Safer Communities" the
manual on community trafic control
organization which 80 States have
published comparatively with the bu-
reau.
Much Of the handbook Is devoted to
the use Of traffic engineering methods
to reduce hazard at "accident-prone
locations those locations in the COM
munity where accidents occur most
frequently. The techniques Of identi-
flying and investigating accident-prone
locations are taken up. These include
the use Of the accident spot map, the
proper filing Of accident reports, chart
ing a locations accident experience on
collision diagram" and diagramming
its design and construction on con-
dition diagram" The diagrams pro-
duce clues which may reveal why acci-
dents occur frequently at the location.
A number Of field studies which may
be necessary at the location are ex-
planned. These studies include counts
Evening star., 1938-04-24

of ideographs runs the legend "Shansi-
Hopei-Charar Border Districts Govern
ment Provisional Post once" The
simple design. roughly drawn, retains
the lower half of the old white sun
emblem of the Kuomintang or Nation
al Peoples Party. with which the Chi
nese reds recently concluded a truce
after 10 years Of civil conflict. This
stamp, the Associated Press says. was
issued at Wutaishan, Northern Shansi
Province, within 100 miles of Japanese
Army headquarters at Peiping, or
Peking, as Japan now calls the city.
In connection with the unveiling of
a monumental white marble statue Of
BENJAMIN Franklin at Franklin In
stitute, Philadelphia, philatelic pro-
gram has been arranged as follows:
May 10. release of the new half
cent Franklin stamp at special Ben
jamin Franklin Memorial Branch Post
Office. Philadelphia. with appropriate
cachet provided gratis.
May l9 to 25, exhibition of 200
frames of stamps and covers lent by
President Roosevelt. Secretary Of the
Interior Ickes and other eminent COL
lectors
Same period, Thursday and We'd
nesday, inclusive. branch OF the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing in
operation, with press actually printing
Franklin stamps Also, branch
philatelic agency, selling all current
issues available.
Philip H. Ward. jr., we'll known in
Washington, Is chairman of the Com
mittee on Post Office and Treasury
Department Participation for the
Franklin Memorial Dedication. With
him are associated Carter Glass, jr.;
August Dietz, Laurence B. Mason,
Theodore Steinway, Judge Albert B.
Maris. James Starr. Saul Mewbury
and others.
William L. Slattery, controller of
the Post Once Department, address
Evening star., 1938-04-24

Mrs. Miles E. Myers were winners last
Tuesday in a l0-table pair game Of
the Federal Bridge League played at
its new headquarters, 2108 Sixteenth
street NV. Following the game next
Tuesday night an award will be made
OF the prizes won in the leagues sea-
son team Of four tournament series.
The winners were the Arlington team,
comprising Lloyd and Lewis Tubs,
Isaac H. York. Sam Groves and Roy
Astleford, alternate. The chief trophy
is the handsome silver cup donated by
Luther Stewart. president Of the Fed
eral Employees Union. Other trophies
will be given to the runner-up team,
the Coast Survey foursome, and to the
pair winners In the tournament, also
the Tubbs brothers.
lily CULBERTsoN has announced
that the Blackwood slam conven-
ton bid will hereafter be included in
his system. This bid was explained in
detail recently in The Star and has
been adopted by some OF the expert
players OF washington. It was orig
mated by E. r. Blackwood of Indian
apolis, Ind.
\ CORRESPONDENT writes to
know what she should bid sitting
south with the following holding
when west, the dealer, has opened
with heart, north has passed and
east has bid two hearts: Spades-A
Hearts-K-4. Diamonds-A-K-Q-J-6-
4-3, Clubs-A-7-2. The bid should be
three no trump. There is small likeli-
hood on the bidding Of west and east
that north can have much of anything.
which would, therefore, preclude south
from overcalling in opponents suit to
force north to bid, and hence there
would be little probability Of making a
Evening star., 1938-04-24

Japanese w q I.
The stamp is an
/ m p e r + crate S.
cent (Chinese)
adhesive, hand
printed by wood
block in blue ink
on crude white
paper. Across the
top in two lines
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day, May IS. Contrary to common
report, it was not designed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Mac Sanborn. jr. was the principal
speaker and exhibitor at the meeting
of the Washington Federation Of Jun
ior Stamp Collectors, Hotel Carlton,
Wednesday evening. His subject was
THE Stamps and Other Postal Paper
of the Dominican Republic" and he
illustrated his talk with pages from
his specialized album.
Miss Grace Loud Of South Wey-
mouth. Mass, was philatelic visitor
in Washington last week.
James B. Hatcher, stamp editor of
the Associated Press feature service,
says: Brazil has been producing
album fodder pretty briskly Of late,
Evening star., 1938-04-24

West Forty-sixth street, New York,
May 13 and II.
A. E. Geldhof. philatelic editor Of
the Chicago Herald-Examiner. re-
ports: Every post oface' In Austria,
as well as in Germany. Is selling" the
new reunion stamp, released April 8.
The design shows German and an
Austrian bearing swastika flag. VAL
ue: 6rpf; color, green.
The new Scent "red bird" airmail
stamp will be available at post ofYices
throughout the United States on Sum
Evening star., 1938-04-24

Judges for the Najex exhibition are
announced as j. Murray Bartels,
Sidney Barrett, Harry M. Konwiser,
Prescott H. Thorp, Edwin E. Elkins,
Frank j. Zeltmann and Walter Wy
cherley. The show will be held at 2
Evening star., 1938-04-24

Guatemala is preparing to issue new
interior and exterior airmail stamps.
1c to 81 denominations.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
For Scent Issue

Indian peace medal sho,oing
bds relief portrait OF James
Monroe ,Dhich probably tDtH
be reproduced in the design OF
the Scent prestdential-regu-
lar series stamp. The original
in bronze tDds supplied to the
Post Office Department by
Laurence G. Hoes, great
grandson Of the ftth Prest.
dent. Star Stat Photo.
Evening star., 1938-04-24

DR.. Jerome T. Gardner says: "A
careful check Of the 1892 pages of
the 1888 Scott's catalogue lists 81
countries that have issued stamps
having maps on them. either as
central design or somewhere on the
stamp"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-04-07
RI. iva Controversy

The IVA Controversy
w.shington.-To have a clear UNI
,.-..ndine Of the discussion that
!. to follow, I think I must first
srd 4 definition Of the word "con-
. . It ought to be properly
.nd officially defined because 1t Is
.o,ne to be very important word
= this country. So I read from the
dietionary here on my desk the fol-
,oving definition:
coNTUMACY, contumacy dis
..,ard Of authority; insolent disre-
ard Of authority; incorrigible OBJ
stinscy. 49,. - !,
Next It should be set down that
.h.re are-rather, there were-two
MN With the surname Of Morgan
!. officials of the Tennessee Valley
.nthority before President Roose-
velt removed one Of them from Of
No. for contumacy. The fact that
.here were two Morgans must be
remembered because each one fig
ures prominently in continuing
controversy and for the reason that
neither one Of the Morgans Is con-
nected with "the House Of Morgan"
- which 80 many demagogues re-
FER when they talk about economic
royalists.
In the third place, we should know
something about David E. Lilien-
that Who, like the two Morgans,
also was director Of the iva. Mr..
IilIenthat continues to be a direct
oras does Harcourt Morgan. The
Morgan who no longer has official
connection with iva, according to
President Roosevelt, is DR.. Arthur
E. Morgan, founder Of the famous
Antioch college at Yellow Springs,
Ohio. Arthur Morgan was removed
as chairman Of the iva because
the President said he was guilty Of
"contumacy," and Harcourt Nor
nan was made chairman.
The removal took place by execu-
tive order after Mr.. Roosevelt had
personally held three hearings for
the purpose, he said, Of determin-
ing who was wrong In an old-fash-
toned cat and dog fight that has
been going for months among the
three directors of the iva. Arthur
Morgan had made accusations
against the other two directors,
charges Of a Hbelous nature, charges
Of dishonesty-in short charges that
the other two directors were guilty
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-04-07

much authority now, how much
more authority will he have to do
that sort Of thing, and many, many
others, II given authority to reor-
ganize the government agencies as
he sought in the original govern
ment reorganization bill. OF course,
much Of his demanded authority
has been shorn from the bill, but I
believe there is ground for alarm at
what remains. Whether Mr.. Roose-
welt continues to be President in
definitely or whether some other
man Is President, think congress
has no right to give away such
power.
But to get back to the case Of
Arthur Morgan, and his 'contum-
acy." The meaning of the word is
clear. Arthur Morgan, according to
people, who know him intimately,
was trying to do the best Job he
knew how to do. He read the law
one way; the President read it an
other. I see no legitimate reason
for removal of the man on the
grounds of contumacy. That Is no
crime. Discipline Mr.. Morgan? Yes,
If the President wanted to do so.
Suspend him until the facts have
been brought to light by a congress
sional inquiry, mode of procedure
which congress reserved to itself.
But removal seems to be rather
foolish, and the action certainly has
reacted adversely to the President
among his own partisans.
Blames Lilienthal
The White House inquiry failed to
adduce any story about the opera
tions of Harcourt Morgan and Mr..
Lilienthal. I hear In many quart
ers that Mr.. Lilienthal is the man
who really started the trouble In
the beginning. He IS the same man
who was connected with the Wis
consin utilities commission and
wrote an order directing q reduction
in telephone rates before holding q
hearing to give interested parties q
chance to have their day In court.
# current reports be true, Mr.. Lili-
enthat actually signed the order
reducing rates several days before
the so-called public hearing was
held. The court called his action
arbitrary and delivered itself Of
quite a tongue lasting about such
and despotic action.
That opinion was rendered late in
February. Whether Mr.. Lilienthal
has been guilty of the same kind Of
In iva, I have no means
Of knowing; but, this much surely
can be said; If he attempted any
thing Of the kind, Arthur Morgan
would be the first to object.
Mr.. Lilienthal's operations In
IVA, as far as they are visible from
Washington, have the appearance
and the results naturally to be ex-
pected of an extremist. Arthur
Morgan is self-willed, too. but the
records of the two men as far as
they are known publicly assuredly
shows him to understanding human
nature.
Mr.. Roosevelt, having elected to
Evening star., 1938-11-28
Senators Will Begin
Report Dec. Il on
Election Funds
Sheppard Committee
Holds Preliminary
Meeting Here

The Senate Campaign Expend-
itures Committee, investigating
charges of relief in politics and a
variety of other complaints arising
from the recent elections, decided
today to begin work about Decem-
ber % on report 1t expects tc
have ready for the Senate at the
convening Of Congress in January.
Following a preliminary executive
session today, the first since elec-
ton day, Chairman Sheppard, DEM
ocrat, of Texas said the committee
had decided to make no announce
ment until the report is completed.
The current meeting, which may
continue tomorrow, is confined to
assembling information and consid-
ering questions to have arisen since
the last meeting, shortly before the
elections. When the committee re-
assemblies, about December %, Sen
ator Sheppard said, 1t will remain
in almost daily session until its con-
clusions and recommendations are
agreed on.
While the primaries and general
election campaign were in full
swing charges of w. P. A. activity
in politics developed in a number
Of States, followed by differences
of opinion between the commit
tee and w. P. A. officials over the
basis for such charges. The COM
mittee also received complaints of
political activity by State agencies
in some States.
1t is generally expected that the
committee will recommend new
legislation to put more teeth in the
Federal laws governing election
campaigns.
In addition to Chairman Shep-
pard, the committee members at.
tending the preliminary session to-
day were Senators Harrison, Demo-
crat, Of Mississippi; Walsh, Demo-
crat, Of Massachusetts, and White,
Republican, Of Maine.
Evening star., 1938-11-28
AT. 6. f. Plans 10 Aid
Co|ored Employees

Plans of the American Federation
of Government Employees to aid col
ored employees of the Federal and
District governments were outlined
yesterday afternoon by Charles I.
Stengle, federation president, and
other speakers at a meeting in Odd
Fellows auditorium.
Declaring there had been exploit
tation Of these workers by organiza-
tions which could do them no good,
Mr.. Stengle explained that the fed
Grafton had opened an Office where
their problems could be handled.
This work is being directed by An
drew Wicketts, president of Lodge
466, who discussed it In another talk.
James c. OBrien of the Civil
Service Commission urged that col
ored employees equip themselves to
rise in Government service, empha-
sizing that the competitive promo
ton system inaugurated by Pres1-
dent Roosevelt offered an opportu-
nifty in this direction. While the order
is not actually effective until Feb
ruary /, he cited instances where
steps had been taken to apply 1t,
with the result that several colored
men have been promoted from GUS
todial to clerical positions.
The cooperation Of the A. F. G. E.
was praised by Charles A. Peters and
Bert c. Gardner of the National
Park Service. Godfrey v. Wickware,
organizer for the A. F. G. E., and
William A. Benjamin also spoke.
Charles M. Thomas, president of the
Federation Of Civic Associations, in
troduced President Stengle.