Herbert Hoover actually said...
I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby proclaim and make known that the annual quota of each nationality for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1929, and for each fiscal year thereafter, has been determined in accordance with the law to be, and shall be, as follows:
Context
Proclamation 1872—Limiting the Immigration of Aliens Into the United States on the Basis of National Origin
03/21/1929