Herbert Hoover actually said...

"To some who are anxious over the appointment of temporary committees and commissions for advisory fact-finding, coordinating, or negotiating purposes, I may suggest that they are not a new necessity i..."

"I shall appoint other committees."

"In order to secure the information we need at reasonable cost we must find a new basis for recruiting it."

"The Government does not intend to embargo Russian goods because we do not happen to like the character of the Russian Government."