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This Week in National Press Club History

January 30, 1912: Secretary of State Philander Knox at the Club’s first “Hobby Night’ asserts that accurate newspaper reporting is of great value in diplomacy.

January 30, 1997: Senate Democratic Party minority leader Tom Daschle and House minority leader Richard Gephardt focus at a Club luncheon on campaign finance reform, asserting that “money is not free speech.”

February 5, 1928: The National Press Club moves to its new building at Fourteenth and F Streets NW. President Calvin Coolidge dedicates the building officially, and his remarks are broadcast nationally.

February 5, 1948: Dwight D. Eisenhower announces at a Press Club luncheon his retirement as Army Chief of Staff to become President of ColumbiaUniversity.

-- Elizabeth Smith Brownstein, [email protected]