Herbert Hoover actually said...

"I have no other questions except one on the District appropriations, and I anticipate that the committees will be able to find some solution without stopping the works of the District."

"On the merits or demerits of these alternatives as to this very small part of the fleet of about 1,125,000 tons, our naval advisers are sharply divided."

"There is not one scintilla of agreement or obligation of any character outside the treaty itself."

"We accomplish that without building a single ship."