The Revea er ISSN 0484-6125 QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE EIRE PHILATELIC ASSOCIATION Vol. 50, No. 4 Whole Number 222 SAMHRADH - Spring 2001 The Postal Strike of 1922 Post Office Strike POST OFFICE STRIKE MILITARY FIRE ON WOMEN STRIKERS No Blacklegs Available! Beroie TelephoDI Operaton Ulldismayed OVER 100 MEMBERS When ,h. IIghl a!l"lnat , REDUCTION IN WAGES In' IJIIU:C~flllS' 0" THY. Postmaater - General mf'nt. t.hn vanl-'Uud "'ft.I\ led hy the Uc.:AUSIt Gallant Ladles In the Telephones They Refused to Blackle. who volunt"rily undertook thn dyticl of on their t:ellow-workers PEACEFUL PICKETIHO And \\"crc aluwd with Riftl'! Vol1ry" from thfl Military. A LIVINO WAOE Do iliA wOllwn of Dllt.Un npprfwfI u( thi. t·reatment 'M' PDITMAITI".OlEfrijUAL DlNllO THAT HE APPlIlD TO tNGLAHD 'Oft tTIUt(I· ... lAKIIU IN M"RCH un. ~DW or Irish womr.n who Krt\ l~itjmnt.t-.l~· Hj.!'htinll "JlAinflt Ht: SUS'"(HD$ ·TH( "UI" CONTIIIOUINQ OFFICI'" '0. 1Ht.'" STARVATION WAOES "t'fUlAL TO STRIKE·'RO.It. A Scrapping of Every Principal of Individual Liberty Table of Contents 55 Irish Exhibits at Sarasota Show 59 Letter to the Editor 56 EPA Balance Sheet 59 AGM at MILCOPEX 56 Treasurer's Report 60 Remembering Irish Famines: 1822 and 1847 58 King's County Directory 62 The Postal Strike of 1922 58 Blackbird With Hole In Wing 66 That Was The Year That Was - 2000 Affiliate No. 21 -- The American Philatelic Society • Affiliate -- Federation of Philatelic Societies of Ireland Page 54 THE REVEALER Spring 2001 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE by David J. Brennan I mentioned in my last column the committee to reserve 60 frames for Irish exhibits and I am now that we had canceled our AGM at asking you to help make this another successful AG~ by el}tering Texpex in Dallas, Texas, due to a an exhibit in this show. We have been creating good PR recently scheduling conflict, hut I'm happy to with the number and quality of Irish material shown at our AGM's; report that we have a new site. The let's keep it up. It is a good recruiting tool to increase our member­ board approved the AGM to be held ship. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in con­ Last spring I reported to you that I was forming a committee to junction with the MILCOPEX Show. study the feasibility of continuing to hold AGM's. Well, there were Jim Maher, one of our members in no volunteers stepping forward to serve on this committee, but I did the Milwaukee area, has agreed to be get quite a few replies stating that we should continue having the chairman for our activities and AGM's, as this is the one and only opportunity to enjoy the has been busy setting up reservations camaraderie of our members and to keep this association viable. I and meetings for our group. He is also on the MILCOPEX commit­ can't help but agree, so, no committee is needed but only your tee, so we shquld be well taken care of during the show. I have asked continued support. Thank you for your input. ... THE RE~EALER www.EirePhilatelicAssoc.org ISSN 0484·6125 CHAPTER COORDINATORS ; Published quarterly by the Eire Philatelic Association: Membership dues are as follows: U.S. ($12.00); Commodore John Barry Chapter CanadalMexico ($15.00); all other countries ($20.00). Members reside in NJ, NY, PA Address Changes: Send address changes to the Publisher, Patrick J. Ryan, Sr., P.O. Box 2757, Universal Coordinator: David J. Brennan, City, TX, USA 78148. PO Box 704, Benardsville, NI 07924 E-mail Chaqges: Send e-mail [email protected]@aol.com. Connecticut Chapter STAFF Members reside in CT and Western MA Coordinator: Michael J. Conway, EdilorIPub1i$herlDistributor; Assistant Edilor.· Associate Edilor; 239 Judd Rd., Easton, CT 06612 Patrlck J. Ryan, Sr. Robert J. Joyce Anthony Finn P.O. Box 2757 14302 Oak Shadow 19 Kennington Rd. 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Box 3036, Seminole, PL, USA 33775-3036 Charles J. G. Verge [email protected] Philadelphia Area Chapter P.O. Box 2788, Postal Station '0' Members reside in Greater Philadelphia area Immedi4te Bast President; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIP SW8 Coordinator: Richard O'Brien, Charles J. G. Verge [email protected] Youth/School PrOgram Mana"rj 26 Nine Gates Road, Chadds Ford, PA 19317 P.O. Box 2788, Postal Station '0' IRELAND - Phlllp Qulgley 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111IIII Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIP SW8 Rosslea Ten Acre, Kilrane, Rosslare Harbour, Ireland The Association Secretary will write the appropriate U.S. - Robert Stewart [email protected] EditorlPublisherlDistributor • THE REVEALERj 12721 Paddle Ct., Orlando, PL, USA 32828 coordinator when a new member joins the Associa­ Patrlck J. Hyan, Sr. [email protected] tion and provide the coordinator with the name and p.a. Box 2757, Universal City, TX, USA 78148 APS Ruusentatjvej address of the new member. The role ofthe coordi­ Joseph E. Foley [email protected] nator is to contact the new member, welcome the P.O. Box 183, Riva, MD, USA 21140-0183 member to the Association and invite the member to join the local chapter. ISSUE DEADLINES Summer - 1 June • Fall- 1 September • Winter - 1 December· Spring - 1 March Spring 2001 THE REVEALER Page 55 2093 Kean , John [email protected] SECRETARY'S REPORT 2589 Maguire, Lt. Robert [email protected] New Members 1036 Maher, James [email protected] 1046 Menuz, Wayne [email protected] New members are accepted subject to no objections received within 45 days 1626 Morris, Dana [email protected] 01 publication. 2435 O'Bannon, Patricia [email protected] 2009 O'Neill, Or Michael one ill @taconic.net 2607 McFarland, Thomas P, PO Box 756, Princeton NJ 08550 2600 O'Neill, Phelin pone ill @iname.com <[email protected]>. 2580 O'Reardon, James [email protected] 2608 Alien , Peter N, 7519 S Frog Hollow Ln, Evergreen CO 80437 2315 Power, Phillip [email protected] <[email protected]>. 1051 Rascati, Wayne M [email protected] 2609 Norstedt, Johann A, 412 Patrick Henry Or, Blacksburg VA 24060. 2400 Ross, Edward J [email protected] <[email protected]>. 2280 Rugg, George [email protected] 2610 Byrnes, Thomas P, 1137 Asquith Or, Arnold MD 21012-2153 2466 Schechter, Joseph A [email protected] <[email protected]>. 2275 Shea, LTC William P [email protected] Reinstated 2597 Stokesberry, Gregory J [email protected] 2523 Tjarks, Edward A edward.tjarks@ verizon .net 2270 Monica 0 Brennan, 15 Round Pond Lane, Sag Harbor NY 11963. 2595 Ware, Roy [email protected] (Dropped in error) 2518 Sirianni, Steve, 701 - 5th Ave #3410, Seattle WA 98104. Bad E-mail Addresses In a test of Email addresses in mid·February, the following members' Resigned addresses did not work. If you have changed your em ail address or if I made 0955 McCullagh, Robert P, Califomia a typographical error in recording your address, please send a message to 2494 Hickens CSC, Rev William, Indiana Barney Clancy at [email protected] so that your record can be corrected. Dropped for Non-Payment of Dues 1355 Barry, Rev James [email protected] 2524 Antonelli, 1391 Bacon, 2134 Benjamin 2562 Carrajat, 2579 Conklin, 2078 Boyle, Richard [email protected] 2573 Convery, 2236 Daly, 2508 Davis Jr, 1407, Dingenthal, 2544 Fauth, 1968 Brady, Dennis [email protected] 2585 Fitzgerald, 2252 Hanrahan, 1798 HolI, 2152 Jolly, 2576 Kelly, 1608 1537 Case, Randolph [email protected]. Kennedy, 2371 Kent, 2187 Klimeck, 2588 Lizolte, 2394 Luther, 2312 1069 Curran, Jr, Henry [email protected] Mclnnes, 0573 Murphy, 2569 O'Brien, 2038 O'Connor, 2286 Plumley, 2529 2563 Hafey, Richard rhafey@telegram .infLnet Stokes, 2348 Wasserman, 2565 Weir, 1899 Wholey, 2539 Wiley 2200 Hee, Christopher [email protected] 2093 Kean, John [email protected] Changes of Address 2592 McGrath, Joseph [email protected] 1487 Waiter R Polts, 406 Orleans Circle SW, Vienna VA 22180-6470.