Herbert Hoover actually said...

"Schedule A, Subdivision VIII, paragraph 5, of positions excepted from examination under the civil service rules is hereby amended to except guidance and placement officers under clause (a), and by add..."

"It takes time to plan public works, to legislate, to finance them, to assemble materials, to enter contracts so that the second half of the year promises even greater results--particularly is this tru..."

"This time the Nation has realized that as a sound economic policy, the prudent expedition of construction could be to an important degree used as a balance wheel to maintain security of employment, to..."

"The Department of Commerce informs me that the totals expended or contracted for in new public works and betterments by National, State and local governments, in these last 6 months have not been less..."