[Released June 29, 1930. Dated June 28, 1930]
My dear Mrs. Thompson:
I was greatly shocked this morning to learn of the death of your husband who has been my friend over twenty-five years. Mrs. Hoover and I wish to convey to you our deepest sympathy and our trust that you may be given strength in this, the greatest trial which can come to you.
HERBERT HOOVER
[Mrs. William B. Thompson, 1061 N. Broadway, Yonkers, N.Y.]
Note: William B. Thompson was a prominent mining engineer, banker, and philanthropist. He had headed the American Red Cross Mission to Russia in 1917 and served as an adviser at the Washington Naval Conference of 1921.
Herbert Hoover, Message of Sympathy on the Death of William B. Thompson. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210928