[Released June 14, 1930. Dated June 10, 1930]
I SEND my cordial greetings to the colored citizens at their service at the Hall of Fame in honor of the 119th birthday anniversary of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her name will be ever memorable as humanitarian, ardent advocate of every cause of liberation of the spirit of man, and friend of the colored race.
HERBERT HOOVER
Note: The message, sent to Cleveland G. Allen, 316 W. 138th St., New York City, was read to an assembly gathered before a statue of Harriet Beecher Stowe in the Hall of Fame at New York University.
Mrs. Stowe was an author and philanthropist, famous for her book, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Herbert Hoover, Message to the Hall of Fame Ceremonies Honoring Harriet Beecher Stowe. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210656