Herbert Hoover actually said...

I am advised by the Secretary of War that no record has been found of the enrollment, muster-in, or service in Company G, Fourth Regiment Ke...

It does not, therefore, appear that he was engaged in the service upon which this legislation is based.

It is apparent, therefore, that I have an independent obligation, as President, to nominate men for the federal judiciary who are not subjec...

I regret that I cannot do so.