Herbert Hoover actually said...

It is not too much to say that without Washington the war for independence would not have been won.

Address on the 150th Anniversary of the Surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia.

10/18/1931

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You are all aware that I have held that this transfer ought to be made.

There is no question on that.

Now, Therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section two of the act ...

I replied to the committee that I would at once study the draft and would confer with them about it, probably tomorrow.