LOC Title
National Press Club Luncheon Speakers
Edward R. Murrow, May 24, 1961
Edward R. Murrow, May 24, 1961
LOC Summary
Famed broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) chose the National Press Club as the forum for his first speech since taking office a few months earlier as director of the United States Information Agency (USIA), the organization responsible for communicating U.S. policy abroad and carrying out much of the government’s international information and cultural programs....
LOC Contributor Names
Edward R. Murrow
LOC Created/Published
May 24, 1961
LOC Standardized Date
1961
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24
EEC Source Month
May
EEC Source Year
1961
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EEC Index Number
159
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