Herbert Hoover actually said...

A brief span of 40 years serves to encompass the extraordinary history of modern means of communication between our respective countries.

Exchange of Remarks With President Carlos Ibanez del Campo on the Inauguration of Direct Radiotelephonic Communication...

04/02/1930

More Herbert Hoover Quotes

No one is more anxious for conservation of our oil resources than the Western States themselves.

I propose to deal with these matters in my message to Congress, and I do not care to enter into any debate on them prior to that time.

It is expected that under the present contracts the South American airmail service will be in operation some time in April or May.

In other words, there will be complete conservation of Government oil in this administration.