Herbert Hoover actually said...

Both in their name and personally I wish to express to Your Excellency the deep sorrow which is felt in this country at the passing of this ...

It means lower rates, and lower rates cannot be made except by broad economies in methods, or alternatively, by wage reductions.

The situation of the railways...is one of the, if not the greatest, economic problems that we have confronting us.

Someone has offered him two or three times the pay the Government can afford, and he has responsibilities to his family that I cannot deny.