Evening star., 1945-05-20
stamps
By James Waldo Fawcef.

By James Waldo Favcen.
An announcement concerning the
disposition of President Roosevelt's
stamp collection may be authorized
at any moment. One proposal is to
the effect that it be sold for the
benefit of the infantile paralysis
work at Warm Springs, Ga. Another
contemplates its preservation intact
at the library at Hyde Park, N. Y.
The collection was not mentioned in
the Presidents will, and there has
been much speculation about its
eventual fate.
Four stamps in homage to Mr..
Roosevelt may be issued over peri
Cd OF as many months. A dime bear
ing his portrait in profile also is
expected. See The Stars editorial
comment last Friday.
Joseph H. Lawler of PENNSYLVANIA
was sworn in as Third Assistant
Postmaster General on Wednesday.
The ceremony of induction was
staged in the Office of Postmaster
General Frank C. Walker and was
attended by Ramsey S. Black, re-
tlrlng Third Assistant, and Mrs.
Lawler, as we'll as by a delegation
OF home folks" from Lackawanna
County, several members of Con-
gress and a crowd of postal officials
and employees. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Lawler is not stamp collector,
His hobbies, instead, have been foot
ball, baseball and basket ball. He at
tended Catholic University and is
married to daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John j. Flanagan, 1903 Otis
street NE. His first day ION the
job Is supposed to be tomorrow.
Sooner or later the following
leaders of the armed forces of the
United States in the Second World
War will be added to the philatelic
gallery of their country: Gen.
George C. Marshall, Gen. Douglas
Macarthur, Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover, Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Gen.
Joseph w. Stillwell. 1t. Gen. Ben
Lear, 1t. Gen. Walter Kruegar, 1t.
Gen. Brehon B Somervell, 1t. Gen.
Jonathan M, Wainwright, 1t. Gen.
Joseph T. McNarney, 1t. Gen. Mark
Wayne Clark, 1t. Gen. George S.
Patton, jr.; 1t. Gen. Carl Andrew
Spaatz, 1t. Gen. Omar Nelson Brad
ley, 1t. Gen. James H. Doolittle,
Admiral Ernest j. King, Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz, Admiral Harold
R. Stark, Admiral William F. Halsey,
jr.; Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll,
Admiral Raymond A. Spruance,
Vice Admiral John H. Towers, Vice
Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, Vice
Admiral Thomas c. Kinkaid, Vice
Admiral Richmond K. Turner, Vice
Admiral Marc A. Mitscher. Vice
Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, jr.;
1t. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift,
1t. Gen. Holland NJ Smith, Vice
Admiral Russell R. Waesche
These men have managed and
conducted a crusade for freedom
surprising in its dimensions and
significance any similar enterprise
Of the past If Sherman, Sher-
idan and other captains of earlier
times merit having their portraits
on the stamps of the United States,
then the commanders of the pre-
vailing contest deserve the same
honor. The outmoded custom where
by living persons are barred from
such tribute already has been set
aside on repeated occasions. 1t
should not prevent prompt and
generous use of postal labels to
acknowledge the services off, the
leaders listed above. The roster un-
doubtedly should and will be
heightened before the termination
OF the Pacific phase of the war.
Senator Joseph c. oMahoney of
Wyoming has been asked to recon-
mend for adaptation to stamp use
the Navy photograph of 1t. Comdr.
(Chaplain) Joseph T. O'Callahan
praying by the side of a wounded
sailor on the burning deck Of the
aircraft carrier Franklin, repro
duced in The Star Friday
Paul Bluss, 81 West 46th street,
New York City, announces the sale
at auction of the philatelic library
of William R. Ricketts, of Forty
Fort and North Mountain, Pa, the
place and the time to be publicized
later. Readers desiring copies of
the catalogue are invited to send
names, addresses and postage.
According to the Associated Press,
Maj. James B. Guthrie, Charlotte
Courthouse, Va, is receiving covers
to be cacheted at Red Hill, last
home of Patrick Henry, on May 90,
209th anniversary of the revolu-
tionary patriots birth. All en-
velopes must be standard size, self
addressed, fully prepaid, carefully
stuffed, with flaps turned Inland
the entire left half of each cover
must be clear of writing. Closing
date, May "a.
DR.. Ellis Haworth again has ac-
cepted election to the presidency
OF the Washington Philatelic So
ciety. succeeding Albert F.. Kunze.
Serving with him for the next year
will be: David D. Caldwell, first
vice president; Morton o. Cooper,
second vice president; Philip Simms
Warren, treasurer and librarian:
Mrs. Grace Lowering MacKnight.
secretary; Capt. Wilbur R. Van
Auken, U. S. NJ; Maj. C.. L. Dono-
hugh, U. S. A.; Joseph A. Herbert,
Jr., and Samuel M Burgess.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as:
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club of Washington, 1912 Ninth
street NV. CPythian Temple). Auc-
ton OF foreign and domestic stamps
and covers.
Wednesday evening at s-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Lee Sher-
atom Hotel, Fifteenth and L streets
NV. Auction and bourse of various
grades OF philatelic material.