Letters: Jul. 7, 1930

Modest Hoover

Sirs:

The modest utterances of the President are not uncommon in the pages of TIME. I am quite proud of a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence which I received from President Hoover on which he wrote, "No American of our generation could worthily add his signature among these men. Herbert Hoover." Herewith is photostat copy of the President's message. . . .

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