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"Gridiron Women" hold frolic while men fete President at Press Club. Washington, D.C., Dec. 16. While the Gridiron Club of Washington is holding its annual dinner for the Presdient at the National Press Club, women officials, newspaper women, and wives of members and guests of the Gridiron Club, dubbed "gridiron Widows" by Mrs. Roosevelt, will gather at the White House for their own party. five "impossible moments" in the highest official and social circles of Washington will be presented in gag form. More, one of those moments is built around the forthcoming visit of the British king and queen, and is the "Cummings Courtesy Class" in which Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, the one Cabinet lady who has been presented at the Court of St. James', drills her fellow cabinet ladies in their prospective duties. The ladies are exhausted after one of the sessions. They are: Mrs. Ickes - Violet Sweethaven, Mrs. Wallce - Vesta Cummings, Mrs. Perkins - Doris Fleeson, Mrs. Morganthau - Jane Eads, Mrs. Hull - Ruth Jones, Mrs. Cummings - Beth Campbell, Mrs. Woodring - Dudley Hermon, Mrs. Farley - Bab Lincoln, Mrs. Swanson - Julia Bonwitt, Mrs. Rober - Mary Hornaday. Mrs. Ickes, still poppy, is doing a dance step and asking, "Can't we swing it a little?"

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Polish Minister of Industry talks to press club. Washington, D.C., May 10. Antoni Roman, Polish Minister of Industry and Commerce, was a speaker today before the Washington Press Club. He told members, in an 'on the record' speech, that Poland is quite able to take care of itself. Left to right: Roman, Arthur Hachton, President of the press club, and Count Jerzy Potocki, Ambassador from Poland

Polish Minister of Industry talks to press club. Washington, D.C., May...

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Wilkie addresses National Press Club. 4. The hot weather coupled with the barrage of questions fired at him by members left Wendell Wilkie all in today following his off-the-record talk before the National Press Club

Wilkie addresses National Press Club. 4. The hot weather coupled with ...

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Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get along. Washington, D.C., March 11. America's next first lady, whoever she may be, was last night instructed on how to be successful in a skit presented by the Women's National Press Club during an annual stunt party. The skit runs through different satiric phases of women in national politics and ends with the president being offered the job of president of Mars with the biggest WPA project yet--to fix up a wireless so that Mrs. Roosevelt can wire her column back to earth. Wives of practically every contendor for the presidental nomination were guests, and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke off-the-record to the members and guests. 1 - Mrs. Smith goes to Washington as a new senator, and learns her first lessons from the taxi driver who picks her up at Union Station. '..Don't you keep a letter file-keep an incinerator, Senator.' Driver, Katherine Wilson of the Des Moines Register and Tribune; Mrs. Smith, Emma Budbee, N.Y. Herald-Tribune

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At Rayburn luncheon. Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. No doubt, this conversation was along monetary lines: Jesse Jones, Chairman of the R.F.C. and J.F.T. O'Connor, Comptroller of the Currency, as they attended the luncheon given in honor of Rep. Sam Rayburn, new Majority Leader of the House. The Texas Club played host at the National Press Club

At Rayburn luncheon. Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. No doubt, this conversa...

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Wendell Wilkie delivers off-the-record talk before National Press Club. Washington, D.C., June 12. Wendell Wilkie, who has become a serious threat for the Republican presidential nomination during the last few weeks, delivered an off-the-record talk before the National Press Club today where he was a guest at their weekly luncheon. The following series of pictures was made as Wilkie addressed the members of the club. 1. Wilkie takes a firm hold on the microphone as he begins his speech

Wendell Wilkie delivers off-the-record talk before National Press Club...

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Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get along. 4. Scene at Hyde Park, supposing that Roosevelt has retired to be squire of Douchess County, when a man from Mars drops in to ask him to be president of the universe. He thinks it a good idea and right away says he will move the Sun a bit to just a little different angle. Roosevelt is Esther Von Waggoner Tufty of Tufty Service, Pat O'Malley of C.A.A. is man from Mars, while Virgila Stphens, of The Washington Time-Herald, is Mrs. Roosevelt

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Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get along. 2. 'Retaliate, reciprocate, at any rate, cooperate. If I scratch your back, then you'll scratch mine.' This is a lesson on how to get along in Washington portrayed by Mary Johnson of Time Magazine and Dudley Harmon of the Washington Post

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Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get along. 3. In which Mammy Congress puts Scarlett O'Budgett into her corset before going to a 'lection party. ' Couldn't nobody tell what's inside and after you is married, Miss Scahlett, you can spread out any ways you like - fo' fo' yeahs' says Mammy to Scarlett Scarlett is Carolyn Bell Hughes of The Washington Post while Mammy is played by Mary Hornaday, Christian Science Monitor

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Wife of Secretary of State greets Mary Pickford as both are guests of newspaper women. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the Secretary of State, greets Mary Pickford, America's movie sweetheart for more than a decade, as both were honor guests of the Women's National Press Club at a luncheon today. Miss Pickford delivered a talk, 'America's Responsibility in Preserving Peace,' to the members of the club following the luncheon

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Wilkie addresses National Press Club. 3. Wendell Wilkie stops during his off-the-record talk before the National Press Club to answer questions from club members

Wilkie addresses National Press Club. 3. Wendell Wilkie stops during h...

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News girls poke fun at administration at annual stunt party. Washington, D.C., March 14. Poking fun at the administration is the theme of the skit 'Nice Work if I Can Get It,' which members of the Women's National Press Club will stage at their annual dinner and stunt party Saturday night, March 5. Mrs. Roosevelt and the ladies of the official set will be guests at the party. In this photograph, Hope Miller of the Washington Post, as Miss Lotta Business; and Ford Esther Tufty, (right) of the Michigan Press, taking the part of Franklin Delayno, play important parts in the skit

News girls poke fun at administration at annual stunt party. Washingto...

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Canadian Minister Guest of Press Club. Washington, D.C., Dec. 18. Speaking at a luncheon given in his honor by the National Press Club today Sir Herbert Marler, new Canadian Minister, told the news men that modern diplomats are essentially business agents, seeking to promote trade and propriety. Sir Herbert said that Canada and the United States would always stay together internationally because of the similarity of their interests

Canadian Minister Guest of Press Club. Washington, D.C., Dec. 18. Spea...

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Wilkie addresses National Press Club. 2. Wendell Wilkie during a serious part of his off-the-record talk before members of the National Press Club today

Wilkie addresses National Press Club. 2. Wendell Wilkie during a serio...

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NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. LIBRARY - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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NATIONAL PRESS CLUB LOUNGE - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB LOUNGE - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. BUILDING CORPORATION BOARD

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. BUILDING CORPORATION BOARD

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Harvey Cobb, new domino champion of the Nat'l Press Club

Harvey Cobb, new domino champion of the Nat'l Press Club

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NATIONAL PRESS CLUB OFFICERS - Public domain portrait photograph

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB OFFICERS - Public domain portrait photograph

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NATIONAL PRESS CLUB OFFICERS - Public domain portrait photograph

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB OFFICERS - Public domain portrait photograph

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NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. ROOF GARDEN

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. ROOF GARDEN

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[Unidentified Staples & Charles. San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906] /

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Newsmen dine French Ambassador. Washington, D.C., May 13. French Ambassador Georges Bonnet apparently enjoyed his lunch today at the National Press Club where he was a guest of the members. In a short speech following the luncheon Ambassador Bonnet defended the Franco-Soviet military alliance as a force of peace instead of war

Newsmen dine French Ambassador. Washington, D.C., May 13. French Ambas...

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NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. YEARBOOK PRINTING BLOCK

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. YEARBOOK PRINTING BLOCK

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. YEARBOOK PRINTING BLOCK

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. YEARBOOK PRINTING BLOCK

Nat'l Press Club Legion May Day at Marine barracks

Nat'l Press Club Legion May Day at Marine barracks

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[Nat'l Press Club Legion May Day at Marine barracks]

[Nat'l Press Club Legion May Day at Marine barracks]

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Nat'l Press Club Legion May Day at Marine barracks

Nat'l Press Club Legion May Day at Marine barracks

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[Nat'l Press Club Legion May Day at Marine barracks]

[Nat'l Press Club Legion May Day at Marine barracks]

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Press club banquet, 1/22/25 - Public domain photograph

Press club banquet, 1/22/25 - Public domain photograph

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Chow time for Florida Senator. Quantico, Virginia, May 22. Democratic Senator from Florida Claude A. Pepper helps himself to a bit of chow as he attends the annual picnic of the National Press Club

Chow time for Florida Senator. Quantico, Virginia, May 22. Democratic ...

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Emile Cone, at press club - Public domain portrait photograph

Emile Cone, at press club - Public domain portrait photograph

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Con. from Nat'l Press Club show new bldg. plans to Coolidge, 9/15/25

Con. from Nat'l Press Club show new bldg. plans to Coolidge, 9/15/25

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Coolidge at Press Club corner stone laying, 4/8/26

Coolidge at Press Club corner stone laying, 4/8/26

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Coolidge at Press Club corner stone laying, 4/8/26

Coolidge at Press Club corner stone laying, 4/8/26

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Alice Robertson - An old black and white photo of a group of people

Alice Robertson - An old black and white photo of a group of people

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Solon loses on "Kimono" in spelling bee with newspaperman. Congressman Robert [...] of Massachusetts gets a practical demonstration of how we spell and wear kimono from one of his fair constituents, Miss Phylis Jensen of Auburndale, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts member tripped up on this word in the recent spelling bee conducted by the National Press Club in Washington. With them is Ray Tucker, (center) who stayed on his feet the longest and won the spelling championship of the nation

Solon loses on "Kimono" in spelling bee with newspaperman. Congressman...

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Undersecretary of State addresses press club. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles today addressed the National Press Club here at the meeting of the group. His speech was off the record

Undersecretary of State addresses press club. Washington, D.C., Oct. 3...

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National Press Club - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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National Press Club - Public domain portrait photograph

National Press Club - Public domain portrait photograph

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G.O.P. Sept. 10. John Hamilton, Chairman of the Republican National Committee was a luncheon guest at the Press Club in Washington where he addressed the members of the press today. Photo shows left to right: John Hamilton and George Simpson, President of the National Press Club

G.O.P. Sept. 10. John Hamilton, Chairman of the Republican National Co...

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G.O.P. Chairman at Press Club, Sept. 10. John Hamilton, Chairman of the Republican National Committee was a luncheon guest at the Press Club in Washington where he addressed the members of the press today. Photo shows left to right: John Hamilton and George Simpson, President of the National Press Club

G.O.P. Chairman at Press Club, Sept. 10. John Hamilton, Chairman of th...

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Ruth Van Deman, Vice Pres. of the club; Mrs. Roosevelt; Mary Hornday, Pres. of the Women's National Press Club

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G.O.P. Sept. 10. John Hamilton, Chairman of the Republican National Committee was a luncheon guest at the Press Club in Washington where he addressed the members of the press today. Photo shows left to right: John Hamilton and George Simpson, President of the National Press Club

G.O.P. Sept. 10. John Hamilton, Chairman of the Republican National Co...

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Mrs. Blair Banister, Assistant to the Treasurer of the United States takes a look in the family purse before attending the annual dinner of the National Women's Press Club

Mrs. Blair Banister, Assistant to the Treasurer of the United States t...

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G.O.P. Sept. 10. John Hamilton, Chairman of the Republican National Committee was a luncheon guest at the Press Club in Washington where he addressed the members of the press today. Photo shows left to right: John Hamilton and George Simpson, President of the National Press Club

G.O.P. Sept. 10. John Hamilton, Chairman of the Republican National Co...

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"It's a spending race," Washington, D.C. September 10. In a speech before the National Press Club John Hamilton, Landon's campaign manager, declared his conviction that Landon is going to win. Photo shows left to right: John Hamilton and George Simpson, President of the National Press Club

"It's a spending race," Washington, D.C. September 10. In a speech bef...

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Canadian Minister Guest of Press Club. Washington, D.C., Dec. 18. Speaking at a luncheon given in his honor by the National Press Club today Sir Herbert Marler, new Canadian Minister, told the news men that modern diplomats are essentially business agents, seeking to promote trade and propriety. Sir Herbert said that Canada and the United States would always stay together internationally because of the similarity of their interests

Canadian Minister Guest of Press Club. Washington, D.C., Dec. 18. Spea...

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GOP big shots meet, Washington, D.C. September 10. James C. Wilkes, Chairman of the local Republican Club speaks to John Hamilton, Alf Landon's energetic campaign manager. Hamilton spoke here at the National Press Club last night

GOP big shots meet, Washington, D.C. September 10. James C. Wilkes, Ch...

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Newsmen hear Russian Ambassador. Washington, D.C., April 22. Russian Ambassador Alexander Troyanovsky speaking before the National Press Club today attacked those who criticize the Soviet Union because it has certain elements of dictatorship. The Union he said, "is fundamentally on the side of democracy but is surrounded by enemies and must defend ourselves [?] if intrenched in a military camp," 4/22/1937

Newsmen hear Russian Ambassador. Washington, D.C., April 22. Russian A...

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Vice President does a "Rudy Vallee." Quantico, Virginia, May 22. Vice President Garner was in a playful mood today as he sails down the Potomac with members of the National Press Club to attend their annual party at the marine's base here. The Vice President got a big hand as he took a turn at leading the band aboard the boat, 5/22/1937

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Belgian Premier lunches with newsmen. Washington D.C. June 25. The Premier of Belgium, Dr. Paul Van Zeeland, was luncheon guest of the National Press Club today. He is shown with Charles O. Gridley, (right) President of the club, 6/25/37

Belgian Premier lunches with newsmen. Washington D.C. June 25. The Pre...

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Mrs. Fletcher Howartts as John L. Lewis. Womens Na'l Press Club

Mrs. Fletcher Howartts as John L. Lewis. Womens Na'l Press Club

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Housing head talks to newsmen. Washington, D.C., Dec. 10. Nathan Straus, Chief of the United States housing Authority who spoke before members of the National Press Club yesterday. 12/10/37

Housing head talks to newsmen. Washington, D.C., Dec. 10. Nathan Strau...

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Rep. William P. Connery, Jr., of Massachusetts, tries his hand at leading the band while sailing down the Potomac with members of the National Press Club to attend the annual picnic at Quantico, Virginia, 5/22/1937

Rep. William P. Connery, Jr., of Massachusetts, tries his hand at lead...

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Lunch on the run. Quantico, Virginia, 5/22/37. Knowing the [...]city of hungry newsmen, Rep. John J. O'Connor, Democrat of New York, was among the first to get his buffet lunch at the annual picnic of the National Press Club, 5/22/1937

Lunch on the run. Quantico, Virginia, 5/22/37. Knowing the [...]city o...

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British statesman and wife guests of Roosevelt's. Washington, D.C., Nov. 13. Lord Robert Cecil, noted British Statesman and President of the Association of the League of Nations, with Lady Cecil as they arrived at the White House for a weekend visit. Lord Cecil will attend the National Press Club Dinner with President Roosevelt Tonight. 11/13/37

British statesman and wife guests of Roosevelt's. Washington, D.C., No...

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Women's Nat'l. Press Club. [...] Dorothy Lewis. As Secretary Roper and the little business men and as John L. Lewis, special writer

Women's Nat'l. Press Club. [...] Dorothy Lewis. As Secretary Roper and...

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Indiana Solon holds record. Washington, D.C. Aug. 31. What is believed to be a record for staying on the job is held by Rep. Louis Ludlow, Democrat of Indiana. A member of Congress since 1929, Ludlow has never gone back to his state during recesses but has remained on the job at the capitol. He is a former president of the National Press Club and was the first newspaper correspondent to go directly from the press gallery to a seat in Congress. 8/31/37

Indiana Solon holds record. Washington, D.C. Aug. 31. What is believed...

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Newsmen quiz Japanese Ambassador at press club luncheon. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. In an off-the-record appearance as a luncheon guest of the National Press Club today, Japanese Ambassador Hirosi Saito virtually underwent a cross-examination from more than 450 newsmen and Government Officials in attendance, questioning of the envoy came shortly after had had discussed the sino-Japanese situation and explained the Japanese viewpoint and objectives in the present military campaign in Shanghai and North China. 10/14/37

Newsmen quiz Japanese Ambassador at press club luncheon. Washington, D...

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Chinese Ambassador luncheon guest of National Press Club. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. Luncheon guest of the National Press Club today, Chinese Ambassador Wang in a talk to the newsmen accused Japan of attacking China to frustrate the progress which his country had made toward unity and modernization in recent years. On the right is Charles O. Gridley, President of the Club. 10/28/37

Chinese Ambassador luncheon guest of National Press Club. Washington, ...

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Off-the-record. Washington, D.C., April 21. Alexander Kerensky, Head of the Russian Provisional Government of 1917, and, who was later expelled from the country by Lenin, was a guest of the National Press Club at a luncheon today. Conditions in Europe as experienced by the former statesman were described to the newsmen in an off-the-record talk, 4/21/38

Off-the-record. Washington, D.C., April 21. Alexander Kerensky, Head o...

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Talking the Italian situation over. Washington, D.C., July 21. Italy's highest ranking citizen in the United States and New York City's Mayor of [...] together while attending the Press Club luncheon for Howard Hughes, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York, left and Ambassador Fulvio Suvich, talking things over, 7/21/38

Talking the Italian situation over. Washington, D.C., July 21. Italy's...

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Alexander Kerensky (left) & Harold Brayman at Press Club

Alexander Kerensky (left) & Harold Brayman at Press Club

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PRESS WOMEN FETE MRS. ROOSEVELT ON 54TH BIRTHDAY. WASHINGTON, D.C.OCTOBER 11. CELEBRATING HER 54TH BIRTHDAY TODAY, MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT WAS ENTERTAINED AT A SPECIAL LUNCHEON IN HER HONOR BY MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. THE FIRST LADY IS PICTURED CUTTING HER BIRTHDAY CAKE, WHICH INCIDENTLY CONTAINEDONLY 21 CANDLES. MISS HOPE RIDINGS MILLER, PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB, IS ON THE LEFT

PRESS WOMEN FETE MRS. ROOSEVELT ON 54TH BIRTHDAY. WASHINGTON, D.C.OCTO...

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MRS. F.D. ROOSEVELT AT HER BIRTHDAY PARTY AT WOMENS PRESS CLUB. THE REDUCTION IS EFFECTIVE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO POSTAL ZONES. EFFECTIVE FROM NOVEMBER 1 TO JUNE 30, 1939, THE REDUCTION WAS MADE IN AN EFFORT TO STIMULATE EDUCATION THROUGH READING

MRS. F.D. ROOSEVELT AT HER BIRTHDAY PARTY AT WOMENS PRESS CLUB. THE RE...

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Famous Kansas editor talks to members of National Press Club. Washington, D.C., Sept. 20. Taking as his theme "a liberal looks cross-eyed at the White House" William Allen White, famous editor of The Emporia (Kan.) Gazette, today addressed member sof the National Press Club at a luncheon in his honor, the talk was "off-the-record," 9/20/38

Famous Kansas editor talks to members of National Press Club. Washingt...

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Ace passer and wrong way flyer meet. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Champions in their fields. Doug "Wrong Way" Corrigan, who was warmly welcomed in the Nation's Capitol, greets Sammy Baugh, Ace Passer of the Washington Redskins Professional Football team, at a reception at the National Press Club, 8/11/38

Ace passer and wrong way flyer meet. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Champi...

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FIRST LADY BREAKS PRECEDENT IN SPEAKING TO MEMBERS OF NATION PRESS CLUB. WASHINGTON, D.C. SEPTEMBER 28. ADDRESSING MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB AT A LUNCHEON MEETING TODAY, MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT BROKE A RULE OF MANY YEAR'S STANDING. SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO HAVE ADDRESSED THE NEWSMEN AT A REGULAR LUNCHEON MEETING SINCE THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CLUB IN 1905. SHE SPOKE ON RESETTLEMENT BUT THE TALK WAS OFF-THE-RECORD

FIRST LADY BREAKS PRECEDENT IN SPEAKING TO MEMBERS OF NATION PRESS CLU...

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Cabinet members chat with Anthony Eden. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. Anthony Eden's chat with members of President Roosevelt's cabinet seemed to have reached a serious vein when this pictures was made at the National Press Club today where the former Foreign Secretary was a luncheon guest. Eden is shown with Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, PMG James A. Farley, and Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, 12/13/38

Cabinet members chat with Anthony Eden. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. Ant...

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Discuss far east war situation. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Col. Montchen Thomas Tchou, China's first housing expert, discusses the far east situation with Rep. Sam McReynolds, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, at a luncheon at the National Press Club. The luncheon was given for Col. Tchou by Washington Committee for Aid to China, 1/8/38

Discuss far east war situation. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Col. Montche...

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Little business man what now? Washington, D.C., March 4. President Roosevelt's recent Little Business Men's Conference will come in for a bit of good-natured jibing at the Women's National Press Club Annual Dinner and Stunt Party at the Willard Hotel, Saturday, March 5. The ladies of the Administration, headed by Mrs. Roosevelt, will be honored guests at the party. Mrs. Fletcher Howarth will impersonate Secretary Roper and the Little Business Men in the skit "nice work if you can get it" to be staged at the affair, 3/4/38 Note: this photograph is for release to morning papers of Sunday, March 6, 1938

Little business man what now? Washington, D.C., March 4. President Roo...

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Chief Justice as portrayed by 'Gridiron Widow'. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. Lilli L. Sheppard portrayed Chief Justice Hughes in a skit satirizing the United States Supreme Court presented by members of the Women's National Press Club at the 'Gridiron Widows' party at the White House tonight. Women government officials, wives of Gridiron Club members, and wives of honor guests at the Gridiron Dinner were at the party which is given annually by Mrs. Roosevelt on the night of the Gridiron holds its dinner, 12/16/38

Chief Justice as portrayed by 'Gridiron Widow'. Washington, D.C., Dec....

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Howard Hughes speaking before the Press Club. Washington, D.C., July 21. Howard Hughes, speaking at the National Press Club today, before hundreds of government officials and representatives of foreign governments. Hughes today envisioned a future in aviation when giant flying boats, almost as large as modern ocean liners, will fly the Atlantic under conditions in which the element of luck will play no part, speaking at the luncheon in his honor, he described in detail the type of flying craft and equipment he believes the future will see but which is now nothing more than an aeronautical engineers dream, 72138

Howard Hughes speaking before the Press Club. Washington, D.C., July 2...

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"Gridiron Widows" Burlesque President and Chief Justice. Washington, D.C., Dec. 16. Mrs. Roosevelt played host to her guests, the 'Gridiron Widows' at the White House while the Gridiron Club played host to President Roosevelt at the National Press Club. Mrs. Roosevelt named the group of women because of the lack of men on the night of the annual Gridiron dinner, and called in women government officials, newspaperwomen, and wives and guests of the members of the Gridiron Club for a party at which they make merry at the expense of the capital's notables. Here, Chief Justice Hughes--Lilli L. Sheppard--coyly tickles the chin of the President--Esther Van Wagoner Tufty- s part of the skit put on at the party, 12/16/38

"Gridiron Widows" Burlesque President and Chief Justice. Washington, D...

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[Portrait of Leadbelly, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948]

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20-Year signature interests Kerensky. Washington, D.C., April 21. Following a talk to members of the National Press Club today, Alexander Kerensky, Head of the Russian Provisional Government of 1917, is shown a passport issued and signed by him to D. Heywood Hardy (left), Washington attorney who served with the Red Cross in Russia during World War days. After expelling Kerensky from Russia, Lenin put his signature under that of Kerensky on the passport, 4/21/38

20-Year signature interests Kerensky. Washington, D.C., April 21. Foll...

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"Gridiron Widows" revel at White House party. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. While President Roosevelt was guest of the Gridiron Club at the annual winter dinner tonight, Mrs. Roosevelt played host to the 'Gridiron Widows' at the White House. Women government officials, newspaper women, wives of Gridiron Club members, and wives of guests at Gridiron Dinner, were at the White House party. President Roosevelt's fondness for detective stories resulting in the Presidential Secretaries, Marvin McIntyre and Stephen T. Early remaining late on the job, was satirized in this skit presented by members of the Women's National Press Club. Betty Hines plays 'Steve Early', Corrine Frazier as 'Mac' McIntyre and Esther Van Wagoner Tufty as President Roosevelt, 12/17/38

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Howard Hughes speaking before the Press Club. Washington, D.C., July 21. Howard Hughes, speaking at the National Press Club today, before hundreds of government officials and representatives of foreign governments. Hughes today envisioned a future in aviation when giant flying boats, almost as large as modern ocean liners, will fly the Atlantic under conditions in which the element of luck will play no part, speaking at the luncheon in his honor, he described in detail the type of flying craft and equipment he believes the future will see but which is now nothing more than an aeronautical engineers dream, 7/21/38

Howard Hughes speaking before the Press Club. Washington, D.C., July 2...

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At meeting of newspaper editors. Washington, D.C., April 21. William Allen White, (left) Editor of the Emporia (Kan.) Gazette, and Franklyn Waltman, new publicity chief of the G.O.P., exchange pleasantries as the attend the opening session of the Sixteenth Annual Convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors which got under way at the National Press Club, 4/21/38

At meeting of newspaper editors. Washington, D.C., April 21. William A...

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Press Club women fete America's #1 woman aviator. Washington, D.C., Sept. 13. Hope Ridings Miller, Pres. of the Women's Press Club in Washington, left; with Jacquelin Cochran, America's number one woman aviator at a luncheon today given by the Women's Press Club of Washington, 9/13/38

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Alexander Kerensky (left) & Harold Brayman at Press Club

Alexander Kerensky (left) & Harold Brayman at Press Club

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"Gridiron Widows" satirize U.S. Supreme Court. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. While their husbands attended the annual winter dinner of the Gridiron Club tonight, the wives, all members of the Women's National Press Club and appropriately called 'Gridiron Widows' by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, were guests of the First Lady at the White House. Mrs. Roosevelt's appointment to the vacancy was a feature of the party. Left to right: Elizabeth May Craig as Justice Roberts; Helen Atwater as Justice Butler; Ruby Black as Justice McReynolds; Isabel Griffin as Justice Brandeis; Lilli L. Sheppard as Justice Hughes; Bess Furman as Justice Stone; Catherine Redman as Justice Black; Alena Wharton as Justice Reed; and Dorothy Lewis as Mrs. Roosevelt. In the front is Betty Garnett as the court page, 12/16/38

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Ickes greets Eden. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. Arriving at the National Press Club luncheon today, Anthony Eden, former British Foreign Secretary, is greeted by Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. Also in the picture is undersecretary of State R. Walton Moore, 12/13/38

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In spotlight at newspaper editors convention. Washington, D.C., April 21. The sixteenth annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors opened in Washington today at the National Press Club. Editors from all sections of the country were in attendance at the first session of the meeting which will run through Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week. Here we see, left to right: Alfred H. Kirchoffer, Managing Editor of Buffalo Evening News and President of the A.S.N.D.; Harold Brayman, Philadelphia Ledger, President of the National Press Club, 4/21/38

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Polish Minister of Industry talks to press club. Washington, D.C., May 10. Antoni Roman, Polish Minister of Industry and Commerce, was a speaker today before the Washington Press Club. He told members, in an 'on the record' speech, that Poland is quite able to take care of itself. Left to right: Roman, Arthur Hachton, President of the press club, and Count Jerzy Potocki, Ambassador from Poland

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Legion Commander speaks before National Press Club. Washington, D.C., Nov. 28. Raymond J. Kelly, National Commander of the American Legion was a luncheon guest of the National Press Club today after which he spoke off-the-record to the members on 'the world, the nation, and the legion'

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FCC Chairman faces lens of television camera. Washington, D.C., Chairman Frank R. McNinch of the Federal Communications Commission as he faces the television camera on the Mall this afternoon. Chairman McNinch was interview by NBC announcer Gordon Hittenmark as a feature of the RCA-NBC television demonstrations now being conduction in cooperation with the National Press Club, 1-31-39

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[Portrait of Tommy Potter, Max Kaminsky, Benny Morton, Zutty Singleton, Adele Girard, Teddy Wilson, and Joe Marsala, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., ca. 1939]

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New Spanish Charge D'Affaires guest of National Press Club in first public appearance. Washington, D.C., April 13. Juan Francisco Cardenas, recently appointed Charge D'Affaires of the Spanish Embassy under the Franco Regime, today made his first public appearance when he spoke to members of the National Press Club at a special luncheon in his honor. 4-13-39

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New Ohio Senator speaks to press club. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19. Senator Robert A. Taft, Republican Senator from Ohio, today spoke off the record to the Luncheon meeting of the Washington Press Club. Senator Taft is one of the new faces on Capitol Hill, 1/19/39

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[Portrait of Joe Marsala, Zutty Singleton, and Teddy Wilson, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., ca. 1939]

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Germans are insulting American intelligence, Czech Minister tells members of press club. Washington, D.C., March 29. A guest of honor at a luncheon of the National Press Club today, Col. Vladimir S. Hurban, Czechoslovak Minister who refused to surrender his legation after Germany took over his country, told members that Germans are insulting American Intelligence by disseminating "insidious' statements in this country. Discussing his statues, he said he represents in this country "the Czech-Slovak Republic as it was recognized by the United States and other principal countries even before the Treaty of Versailles." 3-29-39

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White House aspirants join political rally at National Press Club. Thomas Dewey. Washington, D.C., March 1. Ten potential presidential candidates were expected to attend an off the record political rally at the National Press Club tonight. Each aspirant is expected to give a short but pithy speech on why he should not be elected president. In preparation for this bit of satire for the evening, the huge dining room of the press club was decorated with farcical caricatures. This is a sample of one of them, 3-1- 40

White House aspirants join political rally at National Press Club. Tho...

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[Portrait of Jay Higginbotham, Pete Johnson, Henry Allen, and Lester Young, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940]

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