June 26, 1930
I AM GLAD to join with the citizens of your native town in paying tribute to your high courage, devotion and skill as exhibited in your service with Admiral Byrd's Antarctic expedition.
HERBERT HOOVER
Note: The message, sent to the Stamford Advocate, Stamford, Conn., was read at a celebration honoring Harold I. June, chief aviation pilot for Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd on his Antarctic expedition.
Herbert Hoover, Message to a Reception Honoring Harold I. June. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210903