[Released September 17, 1932. Dated August 13, 1932]
My dear Mr. Lampson:
I am deeply interested to learn of your praiseworthy efforts to erect suitable memorials at Jefferson, Ohio, to Joshua Reed Giddings and B. F. Wade, who played so large a part in the founding of the Republican Party, and to my dear friend, the late Senator Theodore E. Burton, whose life was a noble pattern of the high-minded public servant. I wish you support and success.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
[Mr. E. C. Lampson, Editor, The Jefferson Gazette, Jefferson, Ohio]
Note: The message was read at ceremonies, sponsored by the Republican Party, in Jefferson, Ohio, which featured the dedication of 10 bronze tablets commemorating events connected with the party's history.
Herbert Hoover, Message on the Dedication of Memorials to Three Prominent Ohio Republicans. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207614