[Released November 4, 1930. Dated October 31, 1930]
My dear Mr. Mendenhall:
I am particularly gratified to receive the message of approval and encouragement from my friends of the Chamber of Commerce which you so kindly convey in your telegram of the thirtieth. It is most heartening and I cordially appreciate it.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
[Mr. D. A. Mendenhall, President, Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, Palo Alto, California]
Note: The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce sent the President a telegram in which they expressed their approval of the President's program for relief of the unemployment situation and pledged their support.
Herbert Hoover, Message to the Chamber of Commerce of Palo Alto, California. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/212270