September 03, 1935
Army and Navy ordered to render all possible aid, and Red Cross already at work. Let me know if there is any additional emergency rescue work Federal Government can do.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hon. David Sholtz,
Governor of Florida,
Tallahassee, Florida
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Telegram Ordering Federal Relief after Florida Hurricane Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/209069