Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The Nation owes a debt of gratitude to the wisdom and constructive vision of Booker T. Washington, the founder of Tuskegee."

"Tuskegee has thus made a notable contribution not only to the day-to-day training of the members of its race for their part in the life of the Nation, but its leaders have made a higher contribution t..."

"If your officers had yielded on this occasion the Red Cross would have been rendered impotent in the face of every future national emergency."

"You are inscribing another bright chapter in the history of the American Red Cross."