[Released September 11, 1931. Dated September 9, 1931 ]
My dear Mr. Choate:
On the occasion of the opening of the new plant of The Boston Herald and The Boston Traveler, I send you cordial congratulations and all good wishes for the continued prosperity and public service of these papers.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
[Mr. Robert B. Choate, Managing Editor, The Boston Herald and The Boston Traveler, Boston, Massachusetts]
Note: The message was read at exercises opening the new plant of the Boston Herald and the Boston Traveler. During the ceremony the President touched a key in the telegraph room of the White House which started the presses.
Herbert Hoover, Message to Boston Newspapers on the Opening of Their New Plant Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/212113