May 30, 1929
[Released May 30, 1929. Dated May 28, 1929]
I CONGRATULATE you upon the one hundredth anniversary of the Philadelphia Inquirer and likewise all those others who share with you the valuable public service of carrying on its great tradition.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
Note: The message was sent by telegram to John T. Custis, managing editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pa.
Herbert Hoover, Message on the 100th Anniversary of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210268