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was no need for such stamps. Hoover could not be in-cluded as he was, and is at the time this book is beingwritten, still living, and by law we may not picture livingpersons on our stamps or currency. With President Franklin D. Roosevelt openly espous-ing the cause, stamp collecting came right out into theopen. It was no longer confined to "kids and kings"; itnow included "Presidents" as well and that made it goodenough for anybody and everybody. Stamp collecting, ofcourse, had millions of followers before Roosevelt becamePresident. But no one can question that after he becamePresident stamp collectors "stood up to be counted."And no one can question that there are a great manymore collectors now than before he became President. |
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