May 31, 1929
[Released May 31, 1929. Dated May 3, 1929]
My dear Mr. Wiley:
I am happy to have the opportunity of joining with your old home friends in heartiest congratulations and of sharing with your hosts of [p.171] friends all over the country the pleasure they will feel at the signal honor your home city is doing you on the occasion of your sixtieth birthday.
My best wishes for many more happy birthdays.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
[ Mr. Louis Wiley, Rochester, New York ]
Note: Louis Wiley was the business manager of the New York Times.
Herbert Hoover, Letter to Louis Wiley on His 60th Birthday. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/209806