Evening star., 1953-04-26
PhiIoteIic News
Senator Wants Motto
On Suitable Stamps
By james Waldo Fowcett

lido Fowcett
cans that they declare their
faith in the Deity under Whom
government Of the people, by
the people and for the people"
constantly is being reborn.
A proposal to furnish first
and second class post offices
with slogan cancellation dies
reading I'm God We Trust"
Is contained in H. r. 4423,
sponsored by Representative
Louis c. Rabaut of Michigan.
who has explained his purpose
in the following statement:
The legend In God We Trust
Is required by law to be in
scrlbed on the coins of the
United States. Secretary of
the Treasury Salmon p. Chase
ordered the inscription in 1861,
stating that: No nation can
be strong except in the
strength Of God or safe except
in His defense. The trust of
our people in God should be
declared on our national coins.'
"The United States then
faced the dreaded crisis of
the Civil War, and q strong
religious sentiment urged ma
tlonal recognition of our faith
in and dependence on God.
II feel that this is an es-
pecially appropriate time to
reproclaim our adherence to
this reverent. historic motto.
1t strikes at the philosophical
roots of communism-athe-
ism and materialism.
1T will bring new hope to
the oppressed peoples behind
the Iron Curtain, who know
by bitter, first-hand experience
that the struggle against COM
munism is basically spiritual.
BY reminding us of our total
dependence on the mercy of
the Lord of creation, this post
mark can help to build our
spiritual strength against the
forces which seek to wipe the
name of God from the face of
the EARTH"
Sol Glass Of Baltimore is the
author of a monograph on the
stamps of the United Nations,
N. Y, copies of which soon
will be available to collectors
at cost Of printing-28 cents
each.
The postal authorities of
Turkey have announced a
series of IL stamps COM
memorating the 500th ami
versary of the capture Of Con-
Stantinople, now Istanbul, by
Mohammed II, May 20, 1883.
Plans are being perfected for
the 30th annual convention of
the American Airmail Society
at Dayton, Ohio, May 20 to 81
inclusive, and collectors desir-
ing to attend are invited to
write George D. Kingdom.
Conneaut, Ohio, for informa-
ton on arrangements.
The Chamber of Commerce,
Salida, Colo, will sponsor a
commemorative cover for the
Royal Gorge Boat Race, June
81. Send name, address and
Is cents in wrapped coin to
Tommy Thomson, .cachet di-
rector. with clipping Of this
notice.
Charles K. We'll Of Bend.
Oregon. philatelic cartoonist
for Linn's Weekly Stamp News.
Sidney, Ohio, died March IL.
He had been paralyzed from
the chest down since 1914.
when he was hurt in a freak
accident-a large tree being
felled on a bus in which he was
riding to a safety first" meet
ing. Though confined to bed
for more than nine years. he
operated a successful philate-
lie mail order business from
his home. His cartoon draw
ings had been prepared for
is weeks in advance when he
finally succumbed to his in
juries.
First-day covers for the s.
cent Ohio commemorative were
delayed in the Chillicothe post
Office for two weeks by what
the postmaster calls "inabil-
ity to handle the huge influx
despite the addition of some
40 part-time workers." o..
Readers who have not yet
remitted for their 1853 Easter
Seals are requested tn do So as
soon as possible. Send checks
to Crippled Children's Society
of the District of Columbia,
1857 Massachusetts, avenue
NV. The fund still is short
$27, ,000-approximately % per
cent of the total objective.
STAMPS AND COINS.
March Supplement TO
our 1923 Catalog. Just out 4
I 400 neW Ruecial offers includ 1Qk1.1