"When the war closed, the most vital of issues both in our own country and around the world was whether
government should continue their wartime ownership and operation of many [instruments) of production and
distribution. We were challenged with a... choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a
European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines of paternalism and state socialism. The acceptance of
these ideas would have meant the destruction of self-government through centralization... (and) the undermining
of the individual initiative and enterprise through which our people have grown to unparalleled greatness."
- Herbert Hoover, October 22, 1928
Based on his speech, Hoover would have been MOST likely to support