Herbert Hoover actually said...

The Executive order dated March 5, 1930, abolishing New Bern and Manteo, North Carolina, as customs ports of entry in Customs Collection District No. 15 (North Carolina) with headquarters at Wilmington, North Carolina, is hereby suspended indefinitely.

04/02/1930

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