William Taft actually said...

"It appears that a Norwegian company has applied to the Cuban Government for permission to raise these wrecks and that before considering the proposition the Cuban Government desires to receive the vie..."

"The issue is not now whether we ought originally to have begun this investigation, but it is whether, having expended a very large part of the necessary amount to do the full work, we ought to break i..."

"I earnestly hope that Congress will take immediate action in this regard, as recommended by the Secretary of War."

"I concur fully in the conclusions which the Secretary of War has reached and in the recommendations which he makes."