When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

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.