Herbert Hoover actually said...

"It becomes my sad duty to announce officially the death of William Howard Taft, which occurred at his home in the City of Washington, on the eighth day of March, nineteen hundred and thirty, at five-f..."

"In public and in private life he set a shining example, and his death will be mourned throughout the land."

"Since that time employment has been slowly increasing and the situation is much better today than at that time."

"One result is an increasing volume of bond issues have been placed for public improvements."