March 06, 1932
[Released March 6, 1932. Dated March 4, 1932]
My dear Mr. Richards:
I congratulate you most cordially upon your long and useful career in the service of the Jewish people, and wish for you every blessing in the years to come.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
[Mr. Bernard G. Richards, Hotel Edison, New York City]
Note: The message was read at a testimonial dinner held in the Hotel Edison in New York City.
Mr. Richards founded the American Jewish Congress and was a noted journalist.
Herbert Hoover, Message to a Dinner Honoring Bernard G. Richards. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/208439