Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The report shows the constantly increasing work of the Commission during the nineteen years since its creation, such increase being due to specific legislation by Congress, and calls of the Executive ..."

"In bringing the matter anew to the attention of the present Congress I am hopeful that the action recommended may receive favorable consideration."

"The report sketches conditions which called for a comprehensive plan for the entire District of Columbia, as primarily the Nation's capital."

"I recommend that, in order to effect a settlement of these claims in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of State, the Congress, as an act of grace, and without reference to the legal ..."