Herbert Hoover actually said...
Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36; U.S. Code, title 16, sec. 473), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that the following-described lands now parts of the Bitterroot National Forest as defined by proclamation of April 30, 1912 (37 Stat. 1738-1739), and the Missoula National Forest as defined by proclamation of January 31, 1929 (45 Stat. 2989), be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the Lolo National Forest.
Context
Executive Order 5761—Transfer of Lands from the Bitterroot and the Missoula to the Lolo National Forest, Montana
12/15/1931