February 18, 1932
[Released February 18, 1932. Dated February 16, 1932]
My dear Mr. Schwab:
I hear that you will reach your seventieth birthday on February 18th.
I wish to add my congratulations to the many others you will receive on that day and I wish you many more such anniversaries.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
[Mr. Charles M. Schwab, 25 Broadway, New York City]
Note: The message was made public at a press interview held at Mr. Schwab's office in New York City on February 18, 1932. Mr. Schwab was chairman of the board of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
Herbert Hoover, Message to Charles M. Schwab on His 70th Birthday. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/208260