August 27, 1929
[Released August 27, 1929. Dated August 26, 1929]
NO SUCH suggestions as that implied in your telegram has ever been made that I am aware of and I wish to know the name of your informant.
HERBERT HOOVER
[Thomas L. Hill, President, American Society for Promotion of Aviation, New York City]
Note: Mr. Hill replied that his information was based on press accounts.
Herbert Hoover, Telegram Denying a Rumor of Abandonment of Army and Navy Aircraft Programs. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/211920