Herbert Hoover actually said...

Mrs. Amy Cowing may be appointed as a clerk-typist in the Department of Agriculture without reference to the provisions of the civil-service rules.

Executive Order 5628—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Amy Cowing

05/19/1931

More Herbert Hoover Quotes

The Shipping Board, in its present form at least, should be abolished.

It is the very keystone of recovery.

Without it the several measures for restoration of public confidence and reconstruction which we have already undertaken will be incomplete ...

The American people are no less courageous and no less wise than the people of other nations.