[Released April 9, 1931. Dated April 8, 1931]
I WILL BE obliged if you will express my cordial greetings to those present at the dinner in honor of Dr. James H. Kimball tomorrow evening, and to Dr. Kimball himself my warm appreciation of his signal services in promoting the success of aviation in general and transatlantic flights in particular through his scientific skill and judgment so characteristic of the entire weather forecasting service of our country.
HERBERT HOOVER
[Mr. Lewis Yancey, Transatlantic Fliers Committee, Hotel Roosevelt, New York City]
Note: The message was read at a dinner held in the Hotel Roosevelt in New York City. James H. Kimball, associate meteorologist at the Weather Bureau in New York City, had prepared North Atlantic maps for transatlantic flying and was consulting meteorologist for many pilots and explorers.
Herbert Hoover, Message to a Dinner Honoring James H. Kimball. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/212059