Herbert Hoover actually said...

"Without those earlier efforts, conditions today would be much worse, but still the steadily increasing traffic has outrun all measures of safety."

"The great loss of human life in street and highway accidents, and the toll of suffering among surviving victims, is a national concern of grave importance."

"I appreciate the response shown from all parts of the country in the assembly of this Conference, and I am confident that by consistent application of the recommendations which you will develop there ..."

"All clerks and other employees in the Federal service in the District of Columbia, except those who may for special public reasons be excepted from the provisions of this order, or those whose absence..."