It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

America was at the height of an economic bubble at the time facilitating a landslide victory for Hoover over Democrat Al Smith. Roosevelt's New Deal. Hoover a globally experienced engineer believed strongly in the Efficiency Movement which held that the government and the economy were riddled with inefficiency and waste and could be improved by experts who could identify the problems and solve them.