Excerpts of the President's News Conference
01/24/1929
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
The Civil Service Commission cannot recommend the appointment as required by the interests of the service.
I haven't seen the Capper resolution relative to giving the President authority to put an embargo on the sale of arms.
This order is recommended by the Treasury Department and the Civil Service Commission.
I am having rather more trouble in getting out of the White House than I had in getting in.