The quintessential 1920s president. Perfect for the time.
The guy even took a presidential pension years later just so Truman would not be embarrassed taking one because he left the WH virtually broke.
Hoover spoke at a reception on his 80th birthday in West Branch, Iowa, August 10, 1954, warning how socialism is the path to communism:
“I have witnessed on the ground in 20 nations the workings of the philosophy of that anti-Christ, Karl Marx.
“There rises constantly in my mind the forces which make for progress and those which may corrode away the safeguards of freedom in America ...
“Our Founding Fathers did not invent the priceless boon of individual freedom and respect for the dignity of men. That great gift to mankind sprang from the Creator and not from governments ...
“Today the Socialist virus and poison gas generated by Karl Marx and Friedreich Engels have spread into every nation on the earth ...
“Their dogma is absolute materialism which defies truth and religious faith ...”
Hoover continued:
“A nation is strong or weak, it thrives or perishes upon what it believes to be true.
“If our youth are rightly instructed in the faith of our fathers ... then our power will be stronger ...
“To this whole gamut of Socialist infections, I say to you ... God has blessed us with another wonderful word - ‘heritage.’
“The great documents of that heritage are not from Karl Marx. They are from the Bible, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.
“Within them alone can the safeguards of freedom survive.”
Coolidge was perfect for his time. Hoover was at a loss.