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2012 Club Officers 2012 Club Officers 2012 Club Officers 2012 Club Officers

PresidentPresidentPresidentPresident

Brian Jones. . . . . . . . 408.927.6861Brian Jones. . . . . . . . 408.927.6861Brian Jones. . . . . . . . 408.927.6861Brian Jones. . . . . . . . 408.927.6861 bfj@yahoo.combfj@yahoo.combfj@yahoo.combfj@yahoo.com

Vice PresidentVice PresidentVice PresidentVice President

David Occhipinti . . . . . 408.723.0122David Occhipinti . . . . . 408.723.0122David Occhipinti . . . . . 408.723.0122David Occhipinti . . . . . 408.723.0122

SecretarySecretarySecretarySecretary

David Gilman . . . . . . . .408.264.1953David Gilman . . . . . . . .408.264.1953David Gilman . . . . . . . .408.264.1953David Gilman . . . . . . . .408.264.1953 sanjosegilmans@gmail.com sanjosegilmans@gmail.com sanjosegilmans@gmail.com sanjosegilmans@gmail.com

TreasurerTreasurerTreasurerTreasurer

Richard Clever . . . . . . 408.238.0893Richard Clever . . . . . . 408.238.0893Richard Clever . . . . . . 408.238.0893Richard Clever . . . . . . 408.238.0893 asiaphil@concentric.net asiaphil@concentric.net asiaphil@concentric.net asiaphil@concentric.net

Newsletter EditorNewsletter EditorNewsletter EditorNewsletter Editor

James Sauer . . . . . . . 408.445.2694 James Sauer . . . . . . . 408.445.2694 James Sauer . . . . . . . 408.445.2694 James Sauer . . . . . . . 408.445.2694 hjamessauer@yahoo.comhjamessauer@yahoo.comhjamessauer@yahoo.comhjamessauer@yahoo.com

Filatelic Fiesta General ChairmanFilatelic Fiesta General ChairmanFilatelic Fiesta General ChairmanFilatelic Fiesta General Chairman

Steve Schumann . . . 510.785.4794Steve Schumann . . . 510.785.4794Steve Schumann . . . 510.785.4794Steve Schumann . . . 510.785.4794 sdsch@earthlink.net sdsch@earthlink.net sdsch@earthlink.net sdsch@earthlink.net

Exhibits Chairman Exhibits Chairman Exhibits Chairman Exhibits Chairman

Dr. Edward Laveroni . . 408.356.7561Dr. Edward Laveroni . . 408.356.7561Dr. Edward Laveroni . . 408.356.7561Dr. Edward Laveroni . . 408.356.7561

Bourse ChairmanBourse ChairmanBourse ChairmanBourse Chairman

Wayne Menuz . . . . . . 408.265.5539Wayne Menuz . . . . . . 408.265.5539Wayne Menuz . . . . . . 408.265.5539Wayne Menuz . . . . . . 408.265.5539

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ContentsContentsContentsContents

The Prez Sez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2The Prez Sez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2The Prez Sez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2The Prez Sez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

PotPotPotPot----Pourrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Pourrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Pourrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Pourrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Pure Food & Drug Laws . . . . . . . . . 3Pure Food & Drug Laws . . . . . . . . . 3Pure Food & Drug Laws . . . . . . . . . 3Pure Food & Drug Laws . . . . . . . . . 3

Charles Evans Hughes . . . . . . . . . . 4Charles Evans Hughes . . . . . . . . . . 4Charles Evans Hughes . . . . . . . . . . 4Charles Evans Hughes . . . . . . . . . . 4

America Truly is the Greatest Country America Truly is the Greatest Country America Truly is the Greatest Country America Truly is the Greatest Country in the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 in the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 in the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 in the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Covers, Cards, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Covers, Cards, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Covers, Cards, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Covers, Cards, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Show Calendar, Want ads . . . . . . . 8Show Calendar, Want ads . . . . . . . 8Show Calendar, Want ads . . . . . . . 8Show Calendar, Want ads . . . . . . . 8

Founded 1927, Club show since 1928Founded 1927, Club show since 1928Founded 1927, Club show since 1928Founded 1927, Club show since 1928

Meets 7:00 PM, 1Meets 7:00 PM, 1Meets 7:00 PM, 1Meets 7:00 PM, 1stststst & 3 & 3 & 3 & 3rdrdrdrd Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednesdays

Hilltop Manor in 3Hilltop Manor in 3Hilltop Manor in 3Hilltop Manor in 3rdrdrdrd floor dining room floor dining room floor dining room floor dining room

790 Ironwood Drive, San Jose, California790 Ironwood Drive, San Jose, California790 Ironwood Drive, San Jose, California790 Ironwood Drive, San Jose, California

Driving instructions on the website. Driving instructions on the website. Driving instructions on the website. Driving instructions on the website. Annual dues: Annual dues: Annual dues: Annual dues:

Adults/families $12 ~ Youths $6Adults/families $12 ~ Youths $6Adults/families $12 ~ Youths $6Adults/families $12 ~ Youths $6

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Auction LotsAuction LotsAuction LotsAuction Lots

A t our May 16th meeting the members in attendance

sorted and priced most of the auction lots for the June 12th Sequoia Stamp Club auction. All of the people that donated lots are to be congratulated as there are many fine stamps and covers included—I’m going to attend and bid on a couple of items for myself. We not only thank those that donated but the Sequoia Stamp Club for allowing us to hold this auction for our benefit—they are asking for nothing in return. Brian Jones has set up a carpool event for that evening with all that are interested to meet in front of Hilltop Manor at 6:00 pm. This will not only save gas but enable some who may not feel comfortable, for whatever reason, in driving to Redwood City. So plan on attending and buy a couple items for your collection, and remember, all proceeds go to the San Jose Stamp Club.-ed.

Boy Scout Merit Badge Program Boy Scout Merit Badge Program Boy Scout Merit Badge Program Boy Scout Merit Badge Program

W ESTPEX hosted a Boy Scout stamp collecting merit badge workshop on Sunday April 29. There were 32 boys from troops all over the greater Bay Area. It’s good to see boys willing to come from as far as Sacramento to participate. A tour of the show is a popular part of the day. The boys enjoyed seeing the Inverted Jenny and the “lost” Pony Express cover. It was nice of the authorities to change their plan to remove the exhibit early on Sunday and keep it up long enough for the scouts to see it. Seeing the wide range of exhibits gives the boys a great source of inspiration and sense for the varieties of collecting. In the afternoon, small groups of boys worked with an adult to learn how to use philatelic tools like mounting stamps with hinges and mounts, using a perforation gauge, and viewing watermarks. Once all requirements are met, the REAL fun finally begins when the stamp bins open up and the boys get to build their first collection. There are 3 choices: collect 250 stamps from around the world (15 or more countries); collect 100 or more stamps from one country; or 75 stamps on a topic. The boys enjoy collecting topics involving sports, cars, and space. They’re encouraged to build a collection of countries important to their family heritage. The support WESTPEX gives this program and youth philately is tremendous and greatly appreciated. It wouldn’t be possible to offer local boys the opportunity to earn this merit badge without this support. Young boys and girls are still interested in stamp collecting when fun and engaging programs are offered. The programs offered through WESTPEX, Penpex and Filatelic Fiesta are filling this need.

July meetingJuly meetingJuly meetingJuly meeting

T he first meeting in July falls on the 4th of July. I seriously

doubt there will be a meeting, however, it should be decided to skip this meeting or move it to another date—any thoughts? Contact Brian Jones with your ideas. Because it falls mid-week, it’s doubtful there will be many “long” weekends and likely it will be a one day affair—that being said, perhaps we can move the meeting one day back or a day forward??? Your opinions are requested. An answer will be needed ASAP so arrangements can be made with Hilltop Manor for any changes in meeting time to be certain the room isn’t being used by others.

“What did you learn in school today? “What did you learn in school today? “What did you learn in school today? “What did you learn in school today?

Nothing, I have to go back tomorrow.” Nothing, I have to go back tomorrow.” Nothing, I have to go back tomorrow.” Nothing, I have to go back tomorrow.”

—Brian

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Northern California TriviaNorthern California TriviaNorthern California TriviaNorthern California Trivia

Q By what two former names was Planada previously known?

A Geneva and Whitten.

Q What is the largest of the “Delta” islands of the Sacramento River?

A Grand Island.

From From From From NorthernNorthernNorthernNorthern California Trivia California Trivia California Trivia California Trivia by Ernie & Jill Couchby Ernie & Jill Couchby Ernie & Jill Couchby Ernie & Jill Couch

A government big enough to give you everythingA government big enough to give you everythingA government big enough to give you everythingA government big enough to give you everything you you you you

want,want,want,want, is strong enough to take everything you haveis strong enough to take everything you haveis strong enough to take everything you haveis strong enough to take everything you have....

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I think this is great time to be a stamp collector in the Bay Area. There is a wonderful variety of

activities to be involved with. Great international caliber shows like WESTEPEX, active clubs with interesting programs that include strong youth activities. With the APS STAMPSHOW coming to Sacramento in August, it gives us a real mid-summer highlight. WESTPEX Comments: It was once again a big success with a huge crowd bursting the lobby on Friday morning. I personally enjoyed seeing the special exhibit of the Inverted Jenny block of four and the lost Pony Express cover. On Friday, five classrooms of kids visited the show and I took several groups for tours. One kindergartener asked me a very innocent question when viewing the Pony Express cover—she wanted to know why the Indians had to kill the rider—what a little angel! As Art Linkletter used to say: “Kids say the darndest things!” Representatives from the National Postal Museum hosted a brief program Saturday morning and showed plans to convert an old Washington DC post office into a postal museum. The designs for the galleries look great and will serve as a wonderful national showcase for our hobby. The APS town hall meeting was lightly attended and focused on the improvements to the “Match Factory” facility. They’ve made a lot of progress and have most of the space under lease and that will raise enough cash to cover the APS’s full rent. The awards banquet was wonderful and it was no surprise when the exhibit “Boston Postal History, 1703 to 1851” won the Grand Award as it was an amazing exhibit. I also greatly enjoyed the many polar exhibits. What was your favorite? Meeting Programs: At our first meeting in June, David Occhipinti will show us his collection on STAMPSHOW 2004 held in Sacramento. It will be a great insight in what to look forward to later this summer. Did you make up to this show? I didn’t take the trip, so I’m looking forward to seeing what I missed. Scout-O-Rama: The local Boy Scout council hosted this carnival of scouting on May 12th. Cub Scout Packs and Boy Scouts Troops host booths with activities from hatchet throwing, BB-gun shooting to rope bridge building. I hosted a booth on the stamp collecting merit badge. In an exhibit frame borrowed from Steve Schumann, I showed a version of the exhibit put together by Bill Barlow. I had a lot of interest and many boys wanting to attend the next merit badge program. I also handed out fliers on our club to interested adults. With a little luck, perhaps a few will find their way to a club meeting soon.

"An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation." —John Marshall, McCullough v. Maryland, 1819

"I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, become honorable by being necessary."—Nathan Hale, remark to Captain William Hull, who had attempted to dissuade him from volunteering for a spy mission for General Washington, 1776.

Decision and determ

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Decision and determ

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Decision and determ

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Decision and determ

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Burt Lawlor

Burt Lawlor

Burt Lawlor

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Pure Food & Drug LawsPure Food & Drug LawsPure Food & Drug LawsPure Food & Drug Laws

W hen Americans think of consumer advocates, the names Ralph Nader, Esther Peterson or

Eliot Spitzer may come to mind, but Harvey W. Wiley, M.D., was the original—first at the Food and Drug Administration, where he became known as the "Father of the Pure Food and Drugs Act" and then at Good Housekeeping magazine. In the 1880s, when Dr. Wiley began his 50-year crusade for pure foods, America's marketplace was flooded with poor, often harmful products. With almost no government controls, unscrupulous manufacturers tampered with products, substituting cheap ingredients for those represented on labels: Honey was diluted with glucose syrup; olive oil was made with cottonseed; and "soothing syrups" given to babies were laced with morphine. The country was ready for reform … and for Wiley. Born in a log cabin in 1844 on a frontier farm in Indiana, Wiley spent his early years helping plant and harvest the crops. His father was the local schoolteacher and saw to it that his children had a basic education—these were the days before free public schools—and Wiley was able to go on to college, eventually taking a medical degree at Indiana Medical College and a science degree at Harvard. By his late 30s, he was a professor of chemistry at Purdue University. Then, in 1883, he was persuaded to give up academic life and move to Washington, D.C., as chief chemist in what is now the Department of Agriculture. His main task was to support the new agricultural industries, but he was also able to continue his private passion, developing tests for food purity. All through the 1880s and 1890s, pure-food bills were introduced into Congress—largely through his work—and all were killed. Powerful lobbies had established themselves. To bring his cause to the public, and with a budget of $5,000, Wiley organized in 1902 a volunteer group of healthy young men, called the Poison Squad, who tested the effects of chemicals and adulterated foods on themselves. Women banded together, notably in the Federated Women's Clubs, for political clout. Major canners became supporters of the legislation and voluntarily abandoned the use of questionable chemicals. Finally, the battle was won on June 30, 1906, when President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Pure Food and Drugs Act, largely written by Wiley, who was then appointed to oversee its administration. The battle had been won--but not the war. Wiley had many adversaries in Congress and in the food and patent-medicine industries, and in 1912 he left his government post. A headline of the day read: WOMEN WEEP AS WATCHDOG OF THE KITCHEN QUITS AFTER 29 YEARS. Before he left the government, Wiley had been

sought to set up and direct the Bureau of Foods, Sanitation, and Health for Good Housekeeping. The magazine, begun in 1885, had already created the Good Housekeeping Institute laboratories to ensure the reliability of its editorial pages. Once Wiley was on staff, with his own chemistry laboratories in Washington, D.C., where he could monitor government activities, he continued his fight for pure foods from the pages of the magazine. In his 19 years as director of the bureau at Good Housekeeping, he led the fight for tougher government inspection of meat; for pure butter unadulterated with water; and for whole wheat flour, which growers were mixing with other grains. The bureau analyzed food products and published the findings; its "Tested and Approved" seal became the coveted symbol of responsible industry, and the Good Housekeeping Seal remains the

pre-eminent consumer emblem today. In 1914, Wiley and Anne Lewis Pierce wrote a groundbreaking Good Housekeeping exposé on obesity cures, called "Swindled Getting Slim." The article described ways diet hucksters sold products, ranging from misleading to downright fraudulent, without getting caught by government regulators. In 1921, Wiley's crusading articles contributed to the passage of the Maternity Bill, which allocated Federal funds for improved infant care—and led to a reduction of the appall ing infant mortality rate. Remarkably prescient, Wiley in 1927 expressed his suspicion that the use of any form of tobacco might be harmful

and that it might promote cancer. Because of mounting evidence confirming Wiley's early warnings, Good Housekeeping stopped accepting cigarette ads in 1952, 12 years before the U.S. Surgeon General issued a report detailing the health hazards of smoking. In his last years, he fought and won the battle to keep refined sugar pure and unadulterated. When he died in 1930, at age 86, Harvey Wiley was given a patriot's funeral at Arlington Cemetery. The legacy of Wiley lives on at Good Housekeeping and at the Good Housekeeping Institute. In recent years, the magazine and the institute have exposed nutritional supplements that did not have as much of their active ingredient as indicated on their labels, snack foods that had more fat and calories than claimed, and misleading serving sizes on food packaging. Good Housekeeping Institute staffers remain vigilant about determining which products may receive the Good Housekeeping Seal, and the magazine's Consumer Services department vigorously investigates questions it receives concerning seal products purchased by the public.

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Charles Evans HughesCharles Evans HughesCharles Evans HughesCharles Evans Hughes

C harles Evans Hughes, Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York (1907–1910), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910–1916), United States Secretary of State (1921–1925), a judge on the Court of International Justice (1928–1930), and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States (1930–1941). He was the Republican candidate in the 1916 U.S. Presidential election, losing narrowly to Woodrow Wilson. Hughes was a professor in the 1890s, an important leader of the progressive movement of the 20th century, a leading diplomat and New York lawyer in the days of Harding and Coolidge, and was known for being a swing voter when dealing with cases related to the New Deal in the 1930s. Historian Clinton Rossiter hailed him as a leading American conservative.

Early lifeEarly lifeEarly lifeEarly life Charles Evans Hughes was born in Glen Falls, New York. He was active in the Northern Baptist Church, a mainline Protestant denomination. EducationEducationEducationEducation Hughes was educated in a private school. At the age of 14 he enrolled at Madison University (now Colgate University) where he became a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. He then transferred to Brown University continuing as a member of Delta Upsilon. He graduated third in his class at the age of 19, having been elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. He read law and entered Columbia Law School in 1882, and he graduated in 1884 with highest honors. While studying law, he taught at Delaware Academy. Marriage and FamilyMarriage and FamilyMarriage and FamilyMarriage and Family In 1885, he met Antoinette Carter, the daughter of a senior partner of the law firm where he worked, and they were married in 1888. They had one son, Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. and three daughters, one of whom was Elizabeth Hughes Gossett, one of the first humans injected with insulin, and who later served as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. Hughes gained public recognition in the early

Charles Evans Hughes, Scott 1195, issued April 11, 1962 Charles Evans Hughes, Scott 1195, issued April 11, 1962 Charles Evans Hughes, Scott 1195, issued April 11, 1962 Charles Evans Hughes, Scott 1195, issued April 11, 1962 for the centenary of Hughes birth.for the centenary of Hughes birth.for the centenary of Hughes birth.for the centenary of Hughes birth.

1900s by serving as counsel to several legislative investigating committees in New York. His work with the Stevens Gas Commission unearthed utility practices that were detrimental to the public good; and with the Armstrong Commission, insurance industry abuses were brought to light. In 1906, Charles Evans Hughes defeated publisher, William Randolph Hearst, for governor of New York with backing from fellow Republican Theodore Roosevelt. Hughes established a progressive record in his two terms in office by securing labor legislation, insurance reform and the creation of a Public Service Commission. He resigned in 1910 to accept an appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court from William Howard Taft. Hughes stepped down from the Court in 1916 to a run for president on the Republican ticket. He also was nominated by the Bull Moose Party, but Roosevelt’s war-like rhetoric was not helpful to Hughes. In an extremely close election, Hughes lost to the incumbent Woodrow Wilson. Charles Evans Hughes resumed the practice of law, which he continued until 1921, when he was selected by Warren Harding to be secretary of state. He was successful in securing a separate peace with Germany, concluding arbitration treaties with a number of Latin American nations and, most significantly, negotiating a series of treaties at the Washington Conference on Naval Limitation of armaments (1921-22). Following Harding’s death, Hughes continued at State during Calvin Coolidge’s first term, but returned to private practice in 1925. Hughes held a number of high profile positions during the mid and late 1920s. He headed a commission to reform New York state government (1926), and served on both the Permanent Court of Arbitration (1926-30) and the Permanent Court of International Justice (1928-30). In 1930, Hughes was nominated Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Herbert Hoover. Liberal senators assumed that Hughes would hold conservative positions and made his nomination difficult, but after gaining confirmation, he provided a swing vote during the critical Depression and New Deal eras. He supported FDR’s decision not to pay government obligations in gold, provided a critical vote upholding collective bargaining rights under the Wagner Act, and upheld the controversial Social Security Act. At times Hughes dealt severe blows to the New Deal, most notably in Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States (1935), in which he voted with the majority to strike down the National Industrial Recovery Act. In 1937, Hughes publicly opposed Roosevelt’s plan to pack the Supreme Court with sympathetic justices and offered his opinion in writing to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Critics have suggested that some of Hughes’ pro-New Deal stances were prompted by a desire to weaken the court-packing scheme, not by conviction. Charles Evans Hughes retired in 1941 and died in Osterville, Massachusetts, on 27th August, 1948.

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America Truly is the Greatest Country in the World

—by Kitty Werthmann

W hat I am about to tell you is something you've probably never heard or will ever read in

history books. I believe that I am an eyewitness to history. I cannot tell you that Hitler took Austria by tanks and guns; it would distort history. We elected him by a landslide—98% of the vote. I've never read that in any American publications. Everyone thinks that Hitler just rolled in with his tanks and took Austria by force. In 1938, Austria was in deep Depression. Nearly one-third of our workforce was unemployed. We had 25% inflation and 25% bank loan interest rates. Farmers and business people were declaring bankruptcy daily. Young people were going from house to house begging for food. Not that they didn't want to work; there simply weren't any jobs. My mother was a Christian woman and believed in helping people in need. Every day we cooked a big kettle of soup and baked bread to feed those poor, hungry people—about 30 daily. The Communist Party and the National Socialist Party were fighting each other. Blocks and blocks of cities like Vienna, Linz, and Graz were destroyed. The people became desperate and petitioned the government to let them decide what kind of government they wanted. We looked to our neighbor on the north, Germany, where Hitler had been in power since 1933. We had been told that they didn't have unemployment or crime, and they had a high standard of living. Nothing was ever said about persecution of any group—Jewish or otherwise. We were led to believe that everyone was happy. We wanted the same way of life in Austria. We were promised that a vote for Hitler would mean the end of unemployment and help for the family. Hitler also said that businesses would be assisted, and farmers would get their farms back. Ninety-eight percent of the population voted to annex Austria to Germany and have Hitler for our ruler. We were overjoyed, and for three days we danced in the streets and had candlelight parades. The new government opened up big field kitchens and everyone was fed. After the election, German officials were appointed, and like a miracle, we suddenly had law and order. Three or four weeks later, everyone was employed. The government made sure that a lot of work was created through the Public Work Service. Hitler decided we should have equal rights for women. Before this, it was a custom that married Austrian women did not work outside the home. An able-bodied husband would be looked down on if he couldn't support his family. Many women in the teaching profession were elated that they could retain the jobs they previously had been required to give up for marriage. Hitler Targets Education Hitler Targets Education Hitler Targets Education Hitler Targets Education Eliminates Religious Instruction for Children—

Our education was nationalized. I attended a very good public school. The population was predominantly Catholic, so we had religion in our schools. The day we elected Hitler (March 13, 1938), I walked into my schoolroom to find the crucifix replaced by Hitler's picture hanging next to a Nazi flag. Our teacher, a very devout woman, stood up and told the class we wouldn't pray or have religion anymore. Instead, we sang "Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles," and had physical education. Sunday became National Youth Day with compulsory attendance. Parents were not pleased about the sudden change in curriculum. They were told that if they did not send us, they would receive a stiff letter of warning the first time. The second time they would be fined the equivalent of $300, and the third time they would be subject to jail. The first two hours consisted of political indoctrination. The rest of the day we had sports. As time went along, we loved it. Oh, we had so much fun and got our sports equipment free. We would go home and gleefully tell our parents about the wonderful time we had. My mother was very unhappy. When the next term started, she took me out of public school and put me in a convent. I told her she couldn't do that and she told me that someday when I grew up, I would be grateful. There was a very good curriculum, but hardly any fun—no sports, and no political indoctrination. I hated it at first but felt I could tolerate it. Every once in a while, on holidays, I went home. I would go back to my old friends and ask what was going on and what they were doing. Their loose lifestyle was very alarming to me. They lived without religion. By that time unwed mothers were glorified for having a baby for Hitler. It seemed strange to me that our society changed so suddenly. As time went along, I realized what a great deed my mother did so that I wasn't exposed to that kind of humanistic philosophy. Equal Rights Hits HomeEqual Rights Hits HomeEqual Rights Hits HomeEqual Rights Hits Home In 1939, the war started and a food bank was established. All food was rationed and could only be purchased using food stamps. At the same time, a full-employment law was passed which meant if you didn't work, you didn't get a ration card, and if you didn't have a card, you starved to death. Women who stayed home to raise their families didn't have any marketable skills and often had to take jobs more suited for men. Soon after this, the draft was implemented. It was compulsory for young people, male and female, to give one year to the labor corps. During the day, the girls worked on the farms, and at night they returned to their barracks for military training just like the boys. They were trained to be anti-aircraft gunners and participated in the signal corps. After the labor corps, they were not discharged but were used in the front lines. When I go back to Austria to visit my family and friends, most of these women are emotional cripples because they just were not equipped to handle the

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horrors of combat. Three months before I turned 18, I was severely injured in an air raid attack. I nearly had a leg amputated, so I was spared having to go into the labor corps and into military service. Hitler Restructured the Family Through Daycare: When the mothers had to go out into the work force, the government immediately established child care centers. You could take your children ages four weeks to school age and leave them there around-the-clock, seven days a week, under the total care of the government. The state raised a whole generation of children. There were no motherly women to take care of the children, just people highly trained in child psychology. By this time, no one talked about equal rights. We knew we had been had. Health Care and Small Business Suffer UnderHealth Care and Small Business Suffer UnderHealth Care and Small Business Suffer UnderHealth Care and Small Business Suffer Under Government Controls:Government Controls:Government Controls:Government Controls: Before Hitler, we had very good medical care. Many American doctors trained at the University of Vienna. After Hitler, health care was socialized, free for everyone. Doctors were salaried by the government. The problem was, since it was free, the people were going to the doctors for everything. When the good doctor arrived at his office at 8 a.m., 40 people were already waiting and, at the same time, the hospitals were full. If you needed elective surgery, you had to wait a year or two for your turn. There was no money for research as it was poured into socialized medicine. Research at the medical schools literally stopped, so the best doctors left Austria and emigrated to other countries. As for healthcare, our tax rates went up to 80% of our income. Newlyweds immediately received a $1,000 loan from the government to establish a household. We had big programs for families. All day care and education were free. High schools were taken over by the government and college tuition was subsidized. Everyone was entitled to free handouts, such as food stamps, clothing, and housing. We had another agency designed to monitor business. My brother-in-law owned a restaurant that had square tables. Government officials told him he had to replace them with round tables because people might bump themselves on the corners. Then they said he had to have additional bathroom facilities. It was just a small dairy business with a snack bar. He couldn't meet all the demands. Soon, he went out of business. If the government owned the large businesses and not many small ones existed, it could be in control. We had consumer protection. We were told how to shop and what to buy. Free enterprise was essentially abolished. We had a planning agency specially designed for farmers. The agents would go to the farms, count the live-stock, then tell the farmers what to produce, and how to produce it. "Mercy Killing" Redefined: "Mercy Killing" Redefined: "Mercy Killing" Redefined: "Mercy Killing" Redefined: In 1944, I was a student teacher in a small village in the Alps. The villagers were surrounded by mountain passes which, in the winter, were closed off with

snow, causing people to be isolated. So people intermarried and offspring were sometimes retarded. When I arrived, I was told there were 15 mentally retarded adults, but they were all useful and did good manual work. I knew one, named Vincent, very well. He was a janitor of the school. One day I looked out the window and saw Vincent and others getting into a van. I asked my superior where they were going. She said to an institution where the State Health Department would teach them a trade, and to read and write. The families were required to sign papers with a little clause that they could not visit for six months. They were told visits would interfere with the program and might cause homesickness. As time passed, letters started to dribble back saying these people died a natural, merciful death. The villagers were not fooled. We suspected what was happening. Those people left in excellent physical health and all died within 6 months. We called this euthanasia. The Final Steps The Final Steps The Final Steps The Final Steps ---- Gun Laws: Gun Laws: Gun Laws: Gun Laws: Next came gun registration. People were getting injured by guns. Hitler said that the real way to catch criminals (we still had a few) was by matching serial numbers on guns. Most citizens were law abiding and dutifully marched to the police station to register their firearms. Not long afterwards, the police said that it was best for everyone to turn in their guns. The authorities already knew who had them, so it was futile not to comply voluntarily. No more freedom of speech. Anyone who said something against the government was taken away. We knew many people who were arrested; not only Jews, but also priests and ministers who spoke up. Totalitarianism didn't come quickly; it took five years from 1938 until 1943, to realize full dictatorship in Austria. Had it happened overnight, my countrymen would have fought to the last breath. Instead, we had creeping gradualism. Now, our only weapons were broom handles. The whole idea sounds almost unbelievable that the state, little by little, eroded our freedom. After World War II, Russian troops occupied Austria. Women were raped, preteen to elderly. The press never wrote about this either. When the Soviets left in 1955, they took everything that they could, dismantling whole factories in the process. They sawed down whole orchards of fruit, and what they couldn't destroy, they burned. We called it The Burned Earth. Most of the population barricaded themselves in their houses. Women hid in their cellars for six weeks as the troops mobilized. Those who couldn't, paid the price. There is a monument in Vienna today, dedicated to those women who were massacred by the Russians. This is an eye witness account. It's true—those of us who sailed past the Statue of Liberty came to a country of unbelievable freedom and opportunity. America Truly is the Greatest Country in the World. Don't Let Freedom Slip Away. After America, There is No Place to Go...

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This month we have a response to a Mr. Marvin Baer of San Rafael who has made a request for any First Flights to Alaska by United Air Lines. The response by H. J. Merchant, VP Sales Planning, is a masterpiece. If life gives you lemons—make lemonade, and that’s precisely what Mr. Merchant does. After giving a short history of the acquisition of Alaska he informs Mr. Baer that they do not presently have flights to Alaska, however, they do have scheduled flights to Hawaii and hopes he will take a vacation there and fly United. Then to top it off he mails his letter in a First Day of Issue, Art Craft cachet cover for the issuing of the air mail stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the purchase of Alaska from Russia. Note it was issued in Sitka, site of the purchase from Russia. Lots more online.-ed

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