Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1935, Page 6

“FARLEY STAMPS' ON SALE FRIDAY Stamp Collectors Gather Here to Buy Copies of “Gifts.” The stamp collectors of the Nation have their eyes fixed on Washington this week as never before since philat- ely began nearly a hundred years ago. Postmaster General James A. Far- ley’s “collectors’ edition” of the stamps he presented or sold to friends will g0 on sale at the Philatelic Agency and the Benjamin Franklin Station Friday morning at 8 o'clock. In an- ticipation of the oecasion dealers and agents from all the cities of the At- lantic seaboard and even from as far West as Chicago are congregating in the Capital. Only a minority of the philatelic public favored the wholesale reprint- ing of the rarities which prompted debate in Congress and stirred up a storm of protest in stamp clubs throughout the country and in the philatelic press. The expense of buy- | ing the “made-to-order” copies wllli be approximately $5. Full sheets of | reprints will cost about $200. Mr. Farley has ruled that blocks of four will be the smallest quantity sold | The new editions of the “gift” va- rieties will net the Post Office Depart- | ment a profit estimated at from $1,500,000 to $3,000,000. Orders have been flowing into the Philatelic | Agency for several weeks, and the | average individual order is reported | to exceed $100. Publicity has been Nation-wide and unprecedented in intensity, and Roy M. North, Deputy Third Assistant Postmaster General, has declared that this “free advertis- ing” is an asset to the department. | dren are boys. Members of the Washington Philat- elic Society are arranging for the|fining, in some way, justice and lib- entertainment of visitors already ar- rived or expected Friday. Priscilla Sty ecru marquisettes or ivory green or flowered ruffle. rust— 89¢c a signs, fit in with any color $1.95 Reversible Fibre Rugs ern designs— Ready to hang in plain ivory or THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1935. Seeks “New Deal” for Puerto Rico Santiago Iglesias, Resident Commissioner, Urges Change in Sugar Quota. BY BLAIR BOLLES. OLORFUL Santiago Iglesias, | one-time penniless, adventur- | ing Spanish youth, who be- came the first citizen of Puerto | Rico, today looks to the United States for a new deal for the sorely | beset island territory which is his| adopted land. Equality, justice, liberty are the watchwords of this white-mustached fighter for the rights of his people, | who have twice rewarded his devo- | tion with election as Resident Com- | missioner to represent their needs in Congress. | The ruddy-faced senor now seeks a change in the sugar quota limitation policy of the United States, which, he says, 1s strangling the economic life | of Puerto Rico. | “We are waiting for our part ot the New Deal,” the kindly battler for the nobler political and social virtues declared. “The great principles ex-| pressed by President Roosevelt :pply‘ in every detail to Puerto Rico.” | “We ere part of this Nation, and all we ask is that we be treated like this Nation, for better of for worse.” The eight lovely daughters of stocky Patriot Iglesias are living testimony of his liberty-loving political views The dark-eyed senoritas are called: Fraternity, Justice, Light, America, Equality, Peace, Liberty and Victory. 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Many Federal officials, who feel the orchestra is:a boon to Government people in Washington and are anxious to make the Capital a musical center adventure, danger, narrow escape and battle for the justice he loved. his neck during the S8panish-American War in 1898, when angered Spanish soldiers tossed him in a San Juan jail and left him, forgotten and uncared for. Santiago Iglesias had moved to Puerto Rico just before the war to | rally the island’s harried populace to throw off the yoke of the almighty Bourbon King across the seas in | Madrid. He was seized when it was discov- ered he had $35 in American money | in his pocket, a capital offense indi- cating closeness to the enemy, the United States. He escaped from jail, where he had learned English from his cell mate, an American newspaper man. Spain was driven from the island. Puerto Rico became property of the United States. e long-sought justice was at last available. Santiago Iglesias came to the front in all moves for the betterment of the island and its citizenry. Installed, at 2.50 space. This 4.09 cubic feet net square feet of shelf rating), 2 ice Porce- ! comparable to other great capitals, are enrolled on the committee. H. L. Roosevelt to Assist. Henry L. Roosevelt, Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy, has accepted the co- chairmanship of the Navy Committee. Mrs. Emory 8. Land is chairman of the women's division of the Navy Com- mittee. Enthusiasm for the project, which involves a city-wide program of secur- ing the fund which will enable the musicians of the orchestra to receive a living wage, is beginning to spread, according to Dr. William McClellan, chairman of the General Men's Com- mittee. “The response appears especially fa- vorable,” said Dr. McClellan, “and the drive will be successful providing the | people of Washington generally recog- nize the importance of the orchestra not only as a cultural but also as a civic asset.” Harold Marsh, chairman of the As- soclations’ Committee, and George Mangan, vice chairman, are arranging LOGAN DEMANDS RELIEF BILL VOTE Long Denies He Is Holding Up Bill by “Silent Fili- buster.” By the Assoclated Press. A demand from Senator l, Democrat, of Kentucky that the Sen- ate stop haggling over details in the $4,800,000,000 work-relief bill “lest those in need die of starvation” before it passes, today brought a denial irom Senator Long, Demacrat, of Louisi"na that he was holding up the legis- a series of talks at various clubs. in- | lation. cluding Kiwanis, Optimist, Monarch and Round Table. Students to Read Papers. PFour local university students will read papers before the Washington section of the American Institute of | Death breathed down the back of | Electrical Engineers at a “college | night” meeting to be held in the auditorium of the Potomac Electric Power Co. this evening. The students are Willlam E. Schuyler, jr, and George W. Mattingly, Catholic Uni- | versity, and Perry J. 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