Herbert Hoover actually said...

I recommend that the Congress enact the necessary legislation authorizing and empowering the Secretary of State to effect the modification of the boundary line as recommended by him.

Context

Message to the Congress Recommending the Modification of the Boundary Line of the Panama Canal Zone.

12/19/1930

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