[Released May 12, 1930. Dated May 7, 1930]
RECALLING that May 12th is annually observed as National Hospital Day, I take a deep satisfaction in observing the steady growth of the hospitals of the country, not only in physical equipment and financial support but also in the ever-widening fields of service into which they are penetrating. The alleviation of human suffering which they accomplish is a characteristic and noble expression of a spontaneous and universal impulse of the American people, whose warm sympathies and active generosity they so usefully reflect.
HERBERT HOOVER
Note: The message was sent to Dr. C. G. Parnail, medical director, Rochester Hospital, Rochester, N.Y.
Herbert Hoover, Message on National Hospital Day. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210684