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Message on the Opening of the Trans-Lux Movie Theatre in New York City.

May 18, 1931

[Released May 18, 1931. Dated May 15, 1931]

I EXTEND congratulations on the opening tonight of your New York theatre. The showing of news pictures throughout the country cannot but be educational and instructive. The bringing of world events into the lives of great numbers of our people will serve to promote better understanding and closer world relations.

HERBERT HOOVER

[Cortland Smith, President, Trans-Lux Movies Corporation, 247 Park Avenue, New York City]

Note: The message was made public in conjunction with ceremonies opening the theatre. The Trans-Lux Theatres specialized in showing newsreels and short features.

Herbert Hoover, Message on the Opening of the Trans-Lux Movie Theatre in New York City. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/212907

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