Herbert Hoover actually said...

"I have no other questions except one on the District appropriations, and I anticipate that the committees will be able to find some solution without stopping the works of the District."

"There is not one scintilla of agreement or obligation of any character outside the treaty itself."

"I have also been glad to sign this morning two other bills of importance--one for the Civil War veterans, signed last night as a matter of fact--giving an increase in allowance there for totally disab..."

"I regard it as a very important administrative step."