Herbert Hoover actually said...

"I am glad to announce that the Governor of Missouri has informed me that the State of Missouri is completing its organization to care for its unemployed."

"The erection of this great structure at this time has been a contribution to the maintenance of employment and is an exhibition of courage and confidence to the whole Nation."

"They have come to be conducted in far larger vision than mere profit earning."

"I wish to congratulate the management on the consummation of its plan for the magnificent new home perpetuating the Waldorf-Astoria."