Herbert Hoover actually said...

"I would have enjoyed welcoming you in person but the demands of public service make it impossible for me to do so."

"The accomplishments of your associations over these many years have quickened the hopes of mankind."

"The problems before the world were never greater than today."

"In drawing attention to the nationwide and worldwide problems and service of the Y.M.C.A., however, we should not lose sight of the primary object of the organization which is to serve individual men."