[Released June 28, 1930. Dated June 26, 1930]
THE MOST important work of men and women is to care for boys and girls, to give them a happy childhood and to equip them for a successful life. Our task is to give every child the opportunity to grow up with a healthy body, a trained mind, a disciplined character, a cheerful faith in himself and a devotion to our form of government. The public school system is America's distinctive and magnificent ally of the home in this most precious trust.
[Mr. Joy Morgan, Editor, The Journal of the National Education Association, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.]
Note: The message was read to the convention of the National Education Association meeting in Columbus, Ohio.
Herbert Hoover, Message to the National Education Association Convention. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210924