Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The Post Office is a business institution--a service given by the Government to the public, and that the cost of that service should be borne by the persons who receive the benefits of the service, an..."

"Provided,that the applicant for reinstatement who has been separated more than five years is otherwise eligible as set forth under the conditions of the Executive Order of June 2, 1920;"

"Clause (a) section 1, Civil Service Rule IX, Reinstatement, is amended to read as follows:"

"Mrs. Birdie E. Gordon may be reinstated as an operative in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, without regard to the length of time she has been separated from the service."