My dear Mr. Dawes:
Will you please extend my cordial greetings to the delegates attending the convention of the Mississippi Valley Association. Their consistent support of a forward-looking policy of internal waterway improvement is a valuable force in preparing for an ever-increasing prosperity of a vast section of our country.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
Note: The message was sent to William R. Dawes, president, Mississippi Valley Association, 511 Locust Street, St. Louis, Mo., and was read to the 11th annual convention of the association meeting in St. Louis.
Herbert Hoover, Message to the Annual Convention of the Mississippi Valley Association. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/208586