Herbert Hoover: “I have given an interim appointment to Congressman Elliott as Assistant Comptroller General.”

We have no desire for offensive armament.

Our Army, including the National Guard and all other reserves, has already been reduced much below the European standard 'police component.'

This reduction should be carried out not only by broad general cuts in armaments but by increasing the comparative power of defense through decreases in the power of the attack.

These expenditures cannot be recovered; they must be met by the taxpayer now or in the future.