Herbert Hoover actually said...

"Mrs. Mary V. Kehoe may be appointed to an appropriate position in the General Accounting Office without regard to the examination requirements of the civil service rules."

"It is a proposal for steady upbuilding of agriculture onto firm foundations of equality with other industry and would remove the agricultural problem from politics and place it in the realm of busines..."

"I have not as yet had a report from the Attorney General and the Secretary of War on questions that were propounded by the congressional committee so that I am not able to add anything to that situati..."

"That is the first that I knew anything about that."