Evening star., 1933-01-22
PRESS CLUB Event
TO Be WORLD W|DE|
Silver Jubilee Celebration Be-
ginning in March Has
Several Programs.

A. worldwide jubilee celebration OF
its -twenty-flfth anniversary, beginning
late in March, is being planned by the
National Press Club of Washington, 1t
wasrannounced yesterday. =.
First of the jubilee programs VIII
come on the evening OF March 29, when
President Franklin D. Roosevelt ana
all the higher officials of his admins
tration will be entertained in the clubs
Building.
The celebration, consisting of series
of programs throughout the year, will
be, dedicated to journalism and many
of the most eminent men and women
in the United States and throughout
the world will take part.
Around the world. from Jersey to
Japan, from Ontario to Australia,
political and journalistic "reminiscences,
music and other forms of entertain
ment that can be broadcast will be
carried by international hook-ups. The
professors, the arts, business, industry,
type of people interested in or affected
by the press, will contribute.
Second to Be May 1S.
The second celebration is being
planned for May 18. anniversary of the
11OuSeWdTIIllIlS VI tIle CIuD AASI
quarters. He bert Hoover. who will
then be the only living ex-President
of the United States, presidents Of
other foreign and American press
clubs and representatives of leading
press associations, newspapers and
schools of journalism will be invited as
honor guests.
On subsequent dates there will fol-
low various kinds Of functions, in some
Of which journalism and journalists will
be featured while In others eminent fig
ures in practically every important
branch of the worlds work will pay
their professions or callings. From time
to time prominent foreign journalists
and leaders of the profession In Amer
ica will deliver addresses which will be
carried to every section Of the globe by
radio. Similarly, statesmen, rulers and
diplomats whose names are household
words everywhere, will make talks to
the worldwide audience
At least one of the entertainments
will review in both serious and comedy
vein the history of the club. which
began in unpretentious quarters at 1905
F street. It was in this structure that
men like Buffalo Bill, Alfred Henry
Lewis, diplomats. and men Of the the
ater and business world gathered In
the bar to swap epigrams."
Club Quarters Moved.
On March 20, 1909, the club moved
In more commodious quarters at FIJI
teenth and F streets. There it was,
its famous series of Hobby Nights"
Then the Presidents of the United
States from Taft to Coolidge started
'dropping in for chats or informal
talks in the lounge. 1t was at such
times as these that Mr. Taft confessed
hts fondness for window shopping"
and DR.. Wilson told how hard it was
for him to loosen up and be what he
described as "a good fellow" In 1914
the club moved to the top floor of the
Albee Building, where it stayed until
moving into its present home.
A feature of the celebration will be a
souvenir year book, the history of the
clubs silver jubilee year, bound in sill
yer and illustrated by the worlds best
known cartooniStS and artists.
There will be at least one evening
perhaps several-when the programs
will be contributed altogether by news
paper women and other occasions de-
voted to the work done by the worlds
outstanding women.
Raymond p Brandt, new president
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retiring president, and the Twenty fifth
Anniversary Committee will act as
hosts to American and foreign journal
lists during the celebration.
Describing the aims and scope OF
the jubilee observance, Donald A.
Craig. chairman of the Anniversary
Committee, said:
I'm dedicating this commemoration
to the journalism of the world, we nope
to have a series of such events ana
programs as will forcibly remind all
nations, and all professions and call
ings in which people engage, OF tne
Tremendous influence and power OF the
press. In doing that, we hope. too. to
bring all journalists into closer BOND
of union, and, by the same token, to
forge vet another link in the chain OF
good feeling which should and does
unite the nations of the earth.
obviously, such celebration Will be
not only the occasion for discussion and
reminders of the chief events, the races
triumphs and disappointments, tnat
have marked the last quarter OF a cen
tury. It will go further than that py
calling attention to the manner IN
which journalism has played its essen
tial and inevitable part IN bringing
about, as we'll as in recording, those
epOchal events.
"In brief, our silver jubilee celebra-
ton will be, we hope and plan, an out.
standing opportunity for the world and
the Journalism of the world to be-
come better acquainted with each other,
and for journalism and the various
phases of society to develop deeper
and more appreciatitve understanding
of each other.
"The commen1oration, as we nave
planned it, will have an appeal and
interest for everybody, because VINO Is
the man or woman that can claim i'm
nervousness to or freedom from the
power of journalism and the trends OF
thought and action it sets in motion?"
The members of the Twenty-hfth
Anniversary Committee are Mr.. Craig.
Frank A. Hall, vice chairman: Richard
w. Westwood, secretary; Phelps H.
Adams, Sam w. Bell. William L. Bruck-
art, Raymond Clapper, Michael w.
Flynn, Harry B. Gauss, Charles Q.
Gridley, Charles S. Groves, James Hay,
jr.; A. E. Heiss. Frank B. Lord, Felix
Mahoney, R B. Smith. Thomas r.
Shipp, Lawrence Sullivan, Arthur J.
Dodge. Frederic j. Haskin, Louis L.
Ludlow, Sol Bloom, John Oliver La
Gorce W. J. showalter, Ernest g.
Walker, Fred A. Emery, William L.
Crounse, Lowell Mellett, Stephen =.
Early, Frank M. Russell, Harry G.
Butcher Ira E. Bennett, Dan O'Con-
nell, John j. DAILY. A. j. Montgomery,
James William Bryan. Ben M. Nickel