Evening star., 1940-01-21

OF the Treasury Henry Morgenthau,
jr.: Secretary Of the Interior Harold
L. Ickes, Third Assistant Postmaster
General Ramsey S. Black, Deputy
Third Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Roy M. North, Supt. of the
Division of Stamps Robert E. Eel
lers, Assistant Supt. of the Division
of Stamps Robert c. King, Phila-
telic Agent Ohio Larkin Rogers,
Postmaster Vincent c. Burke, Har-
old F. Ambrose, chief of the Press
Relations Service of the Post Office
Department; Alvin w. Hall, Direc-
tor of the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing; Clark r. Long and Jesse
E. Swigart, assistant directors of
the Bureau Of Engraving and Print
ing; John M. Smith, superintendent
of the Postage Stamp Division, and
j. C. Benzing, superintendent of
the Engraving Division of the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing;
Augustus E. Giegengack, public
printer; DR.. Charles G.. Abbot, Sec
retary of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton; DR.. Alexander Wetmore, as
sistant secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution: John E. Graf, associate
director Of the National Museum;
DR.. Theodore T. Belote, curator of
history, Smithsonian Institution;
David E. Finley, director of the Ma
tional Gallery of Art: Archibald
MacLeish, librarian of Congress;
DR.. Herbert Putnam, librarian of
Congress emeritus; DR.. L. S. Rowe,
director general of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union; DR.. Gilbert H. Grosve-
nor, president of the National Geo.
graphic Society; DR.. George F. Bow
erman, librarian of the Washington
Public Library; DR.. Frank w. Bal
lou, superintendent of schools of the
District of Columbia.
Also Senators H. Styles Bridges,
Hattie w. Caraway, James j. Davis,
Carter Glass, James M. Mead, Jo-
seph c. OMahoney, Robert A. Taft,
Millard E. Tydings and Arthur H.
Vandenberg, Representatives Bruce
Barton, Ralph O. Brewster, Joseph
w. Byrns, jr.: Charles A. Eaton,
Hamilton Fish, Clare E. Hoffman,
Louis Ludlow, Joseph w. Martin,
jr.; Mary T. Norton, Charles A.
Plumley, Hatton w. Summers, James
w. Wadsworth and Zebulon Weaver.
Subjects suggested for the essay
contest include 'The Significance of
Cheap Postage" Postage Stamp
Art" "A Century of Postal Service
History "The Great Stamp En-
gravers," Famous Philatelists:
1840-1940," "The Future of Philate-
ly," "Philatelic Organizations Dur
ing a Hundred Years." "A Century
of Postal Markings" etc. There will
be silver plate awarded to the au-
thor of the paper judged best and
eight supplementary cash prizes.
Manuscripts must reach DR.. Palmer,
1899 Biltmore street NV, WASH
ington, not later than April l.
Material for the exhibition at the
National Museum will be solicited by
invitation only.
H. w. Cramer, assistant chief
clerk of the Kansas House of Rep
resentatives, has suggested to Post
master General Farley a proposal
which should be of particular inter-
est to philatelists residing in WASH
ington. He has asked that stamp
to commemorate the sesquicen-
tenary of the act of Congress
establishing the District of Colum-
bia be authorized. The bill, he
points out, was signed on July 16,
1870. ut would seem to be appro-
pirate" he says, TO recognize this
date" in 1910. Local philatelic Or
ganizations surely will wish to
support the request. Resolutions
adopted by stamp clubs as well as
letters from individual collectors
may be sent to Mr.. Farley direct.
The Post ONCE Department on
Friday released photographs of the
designs for the poets division of
the Heroes of Peace" stamps-1c,
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, after
photograph by Sarony furnished
by the Washington Public Library;
&c, John Greenleaf Whittier, from
photograph supplied by the Lii
brary Of Congress; SC, James Rus
sell Lowell, from an engraving by
j. A. j. Wilcox after an original
crayon drawing by S. w. Rowse,
lent by the Library of Congress;
Sc, Walt Whitman, from q photo
graph in the collection Of the
Washington Public Library, and 10c
James Whitcomb Riley, from . pho
tograph also owned by the Washing
ton Public Library.
William A. Roach Is the designer
in each case. Portrait engrevers are
listed as: Carl T. Arlt, Longfellow;
William o. Marks, Whittier: John
! Mssler, Lowell: Matthew .. fenton'