Herbert Hoover actually said...
Mrs. Mabel P. Hollister, widow of Mr. Ned Hollister, an eminent zoologist and assistant curator and superintendent of the National Zoological Park, who was in the service of the Smithsonian Institution from January 3, 1910, until his death on November 3, 1924, from disease contracted while on official duty, may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Smithsonian Institution without regard to the requirements of the civil service rules.
Context
Executive Order 5311—Appointment of Mrs. Mabel P. Hollister to the Position of Stenographer and Typist in the Division of...
03/24/1930