Herbert Hoover actually said...

"It was those women who carried the refinement, the moral character, and spiritual force into the West."

"Concerted effort will be made to place contracts for the building contemplated for this year as rapidly as possible."

"It is a pleasure both to address a great audience gathered to do honor to the pioneer women and to support my friend, the Secretary of War, who, to your and my misfortune, cannot yet leave his room fr..."

"Submission at this time of these additional projects for specific authorization and appropriation will afford employment for many thousands of men engaged in the building trades and allied industries."