(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Charles A. Levine replied with a smile to questions asked him by press representatives concerning the charges of Postmaster General New with regard to the mail carried by the Columbia on its non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.
“The insinuation that we carried the mail for the value that the stamps might have to philatelists is simply absurd. The stamps were duly canceled by the local postal authorities and I fail to see where the Postmaster General finds any violation on our part. The fact of the matter is that we intended to present these stamps to historical societies.”
Mr. Levine then showed a cable from the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences in which he is requested to distribute the stamps of the flight among historical societies.
The executive committee of the United Palestine Appeal in Plainfield. N. J., adopted a ## of $12,000 in a campaign which will ### on June 14, at a banquet in the Y. M. H. A. Charles Kurtzman is chairman of the drive.
One-third of the quota was subscribed at a meeting of the committee held Tuesday night.
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