Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The importance and the gravity of the occasion have been recognized in the dispatch to London of the leading men of every country."

"The whole occasion was merely to give them encouragement and the assurance of complete support from this side in any conclusions which they may come to."

"The people and the governments of the five nations assembling at this meeting are sincerely desirous that agreement shall be brought about by which competition in construction of naval arms is brought..."

"“There is a very great feeling of good will not only on the part of the people of the different countries but on the part of the governments themselves to the success of the Conference."