Herbert Hoover actually said...

The public works expenditure here given embraces rivers and harbor improvement, flood control, Boulder Dam, public buildings, public roads, ...

I am confident that we will find measures for very considerable reductions of actual outlay below the amounts appropriated.

Otherwise, real comparisons would be destroyed by the variations in Post Office operations.

The discussion today was directed to measures for reduction of expenditures below these estimates with view to meeting possible reduction of...