Herbert Hoover: “It is the one family to which we all belong, either by birth or by adoption.”

So much of the order of June 8, 1926, creating Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 17, as affects the lands hereinafter described is hereby revoked

One never makes a statement like that.

I do so with the deepest regret because of the distinguished service you have rendered and the fine place you have been able to make for yourself in the Diplomatic Service.

There is another phase of the bill as passed which is disheartening.