[Released July 29, 1932. Dated July 22, 1932]
My dear Miss Earhart:
The Vice President has been requested to represent me in presenting to you the Distinguished Flying Cross authorized by the Congress in a Joint Resolution which was approved on July 2nd, 1932.
At the presentation ceremony, I am asking him to hand you this message of congratulations upon the many and well-deserved honors which your knowledge of the science and art of aviation, and your great skill and courageous spirit as a pilot and navigator have brought to you, and through you, to the womanhood of America.
Faithfully yours,
HERBERT HOOVER
[Miss Amelia Earhart, The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif.]
Note: Vice President Charles Curtis read the message at presentation ceremonies held in Los Angeles, Calif.
Herbert Hoover, Message on the Presentation of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Amelia Earhart. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207320