Herbert Hoover actually said...

The Secretary of State shall decide all matters relating to the maintenance and due preservation of property and to the expenditure of moneys appropriated by Congress

Context

Executive Order 5624—Regulations Governing the Occupation and Maintenance of Certain Foreign Service Quarters

05/14/1931

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