Herbert Hoover actually said...

In advising upon the divisions into which administrative work should be assigned, it is said that Alexander Hamilton proposed the creation of six departments--State, Treasury, War, Justice, Post Office, and Trade.

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Remarks Upon Laying the Cornerstone of the New Department of Commerce Building.

06/09/1929

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