November 16, 1930
[Released November 16, 1930. Dated November 14, 1930]
THE MULTITUDES who have enjoyed your rich vein of American humor will be thinking of you today with gratitude for the hours lightened by wholesome fun. I send you congratulations and best wishes.
HERBERT HOOVER
Note: The message, sent to Ferman Wilson, executive secretary, Board of Trade, Howey-in-the-Hills, Lake County, Fla., was read at a homecoming celebration for Mr. Read.
Mr. Read was the founder of the Arkansas Traveler, a humorous newspaper, and the author of a number of books.
Herbert Hoover, Message to a Luncheon Honoring Opie Read. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/212427