Letter from Thomas Chew, Boys Club of Fall River, Massachusetts, Tells of Psychological Benefit to a Traumatized Boy Seeing Former President Hoover at Annual Convention

42 BERTRAM H. BORDEN, Honorary President LINCOLN P. HOLMES, Secretary FENNER A. CHACE, President WILLIAM D. KEEFE. Treasurer LEWIS R. MORLEY, Vice-President THOMAS CHEW, Executive Director BOYS' CLUB OF FALL RIVER FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS May 24, 1939. How. Herbert Hoover, New York. I I HERBERT RATIONAL HOONER Fref: chew PPG:] Dear Sir:- LIBIRY At our recent convention in New york, you did a kindness to one of my boye which he will never forget. He has grown up in our blub and is now an helper having change of the boys while in surm- ming. not long ago, the first in forty years, we had a boy taken from the pool dead Arthur was temporarily absent, in him a near by room. After taking the boy out and seeing placed in the care of those who would render first aid," he collapsed and was taken home and put to bed, where he remained for a week. When he came back to work he was gloomy and sad. We thought it might do him good to biing him to the convention. It did He had the best time of his life. "I never expected to see a man like Mr. Hoover." He also got your autograph Thank you sincerely. Thomas bhew, OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY---FEB. 1, 1940 this Chew The Waldorf Astoria, New York City, May 25, 1939. SEBERT HOOVER NATIONAL RECORDS BER PRESIDENTIAL OE My dear Mr. Chew: That was a nice note. If I can be the innocent doer of kind deeds like that I shall indeed be proud. Yours faithfully, tht Mr. Thomas Chew, Executive Director, Boys' Club of Fall river, Fall River, Massachusetts.