Herbert Hoover actually said...

The public works expenditure here given embraces rivers and harbor improvement, flood control, Boulder Dam, public buildings, public roads, etc.

White House Statement on Government Expenditures.

07/17/1930

More Herbert Hoover Quotes

General [Charles G.] Dawes will head the disarmament delegation.

Leaders of both Houses have assured me that Congress will devote itself to the economic emergency program which I have proposed for the amel...

We cannot suspend the functioning of the Federal Government at such a time.

I spoke of the invitation which this Government has accepted to participate in the General Disarmament Conference which is to meet at Geneva...