Herbert Hoover actually said...

"This matter has been for some weeks under investigation by the Department of Justice and the Post Office Department and the facts will be determined and published."

"I have asked the Department of Justice to consider the report of the Senate committee on Federal patronage in the South."

"Under instructions to the various departments of the Government, a system has been established by which these reprehensible practices have been absolutely stopped and the system of purchase and sale o..."

"As a matter of fact the report refers to incidents, men, and conditions which have already been cleaned up by the action I took on the 26th of March last."