Herbert Hoover actually said...

He shall appoint and fix salaries of those persons employed by the Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States whose positions and salaries are not specified in the annual budgets of the two Colonial Councils.

Context

Executive Order 5088—Directing Certain Appropriations for the Virgin Islands be Accredited to and Expended by the Governor

04/07/1929

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