Herbert Hoover actually said...

Leave of absence is granted, within statutory limitations, at the discretion of the President, acting through the Secretary of State.

Executive Order 5642—Administration of the Foreign Service

06/07/1931

More Herbert Hoover Quotes

The back of the depression cannot be broken by any single Government undertaking.

What you want and what I want is to restore normal employment.

We cannot thus squander ourselves into prosperity.

No institution doing the work this Seminary is doing should be allowed to fail, particularly in times like these.