July 30, 1931
I HAVE LEARNED with deep regret of the death of your father who contributed so much to modern journalism. Please accept my heartfelt sympathy.
HERBERT HOOVER
[ Mr. Robert McLean, Philadelphia Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pa. ]
Note: Mr. McLean was the president and publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Herbert Hoover, Message of Sympathy on the Death of William R. McLean. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/211697