March 18, 1931
[Released March 18, 1931. Dated March 16, 1931]
I CORDIALLY congratulate the Kips Bay Boys' Club upon the formal opening of their new building and warmly hope that the boys may find much happiness in enjoyment of its greater opportunities for their benefit and pleasure.
HERBERT HOOVER
[Chester Aldrich, Kips Bay Boys' Club, 340 East 54th Street, New York City]
Note: The message was read at the dedication of the new Kips Bay Boys' Club Building.
Herbert Hoover, Message to the Kips Bay Boys' Club. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/211810