Herbert Hoover actually said...

"We thus attain parity in the battle fleet now instead of 10 years hence."

"There is not one scintilla of agreement or obligation of any character outside the treaty itself."

"On the merits or demerits of these alternatives as to this very small part of the fleet of about 1,125,000 tons, our naval advisers are sharply divided."

"I have not done so yet. It has not come in yet, but I will when it arrives."