Herbert Hoover actually said...

In the matter of Army outlay, I am in agreement with the Secretary of War to set up within the General Staff a commission of leading Army officers to reconsider our whole Army program, to see what services and other outlays have become obsolete through advancement of science and war methods.

Context

Statement on Military Expenditures.

07/22/1929

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