Herbert Hoover actually said...

I was greatly shocked this morning to learn of the death of your husband who has been my friend over twenty-five years.

Mrs. Hoover and I wish to convey to you our deepest sympathy and our trust that you may be given strength in this, the greatest trial which ...

I congratulate you most cordially upon your remarkably interesting and human news reports of the Byrd Antarctic expedition.

I am shocked and grieved at the death of my friend, your father, Representative Stephen G. Porter, and I offer you my deepest sympathy in yo...