Herbert Hoover actually said...

"We have regarded that matter as one of a good deal of importance, both as to the promotion of peace and especially the reduction of economic burdens in Europe."

"So much of the orders of November 16, 1909, creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 61, and July 2, 1910, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 61, as affects the lands hereinafter described, is hereby..."

"Those negotiations, of course, we are hopeful will go forward but are not negotiations in which we have any direct interest at all, and which we could not be a party to otherwise than perhaps just fri..."

"We have already demobilized our Army down to the point where it is not a threat against nations."