Herbert Hoover actually said...

"the only important provision of the law useful in the circumstances is that one requiring the exclusion of those who are liable to become public charges"

"I was a great deal struck with the many capable men there, especially the judges, and the chief justice."

"The work of Governor Roosevelt has uncovered many lines of development."

"to protect American workingmen from further competition for positions by new alien immigration during the existing conditions of employment"