February 18, 1932
PLEASE EXTEND my cordial greetings to the members of the fifth annual conference of committees of the World Narcotic Defense Association and my earnest hope that it may be inspired to yet more effective measures to destroy this fearful menace to the well-being of the race.
HERBERT HOOVER
[World Narcotic Defense Association, McAlpin Hotel, New York City]
Note: The message was read at the fifth annual conference of the International Narcotic Education Association and the World Narcotic Defense Association which met in the McAlpin Hotel in New York City.
Herbert Hoover, Message to the World Conference on Narcotic Education. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/208247