[Released May 16, 1930. Dated May 14, 1930]
My dear Commander Booth:
The fiftieth anniversary of your work and that of the Salvation Army in the United States is not only an occasion for congratulations to you, which I cordially extend, but to the country as a whole which has so largely benefitted by the humanitarian activities and high ideals which you and the Army have consistently advanced. I am sure the heart of the country goes out to you in spontaneous gratitude and good wishes.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
[Miss Evangeline Booth, Commander-in-Chief of the Salvation Army Forces, New York City ]
Note: The message was read at a celebration commemorating the Salvation Army's Golden Jubilee held in the Seventy-first Regiment Armory in New York City.
Herbert Hoover, Message on the 50th Anniversary of the Salvation Army. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210811