Herbert Hoover actually said...

"It has been the aspiration of Republican Presidents over a great many years to build up a sound Republican organization in the Southern States of a character that would commend itself to the citizens ..."

"Now, the duty of reorganization to correct these conditions rests on the people of those States, and all the effort to that end will receive the hearty cooperation of this administration."

"This movement springing as it does from those States themselves gives further assurance of strengthening of the public service, and it is the public service that I must view."

"They are repugnant to the ideals and the purposes of the Republican Party."