Herbert Hoover actually said...

You are inscribing another bright chapter in the history of the American Red Cross.

The very spirit that makes the Red Cross possible assures it a probity and devotion in service which no government can ever attain.

You have, under most difficult handicaps, again demonstrated that it can meet and relieve human suffering in any national disaster.

The whole recreational movement is one not only vital to public health but it is vital to public welfare.