Fighting the Depression

Question

Against Drastic Measures
"We are told by the opposition that we must have a change, that we must have a new deal. It is not the change...to which I object but the proposal to alter the whole foundations of our national life which have been built through generations of testing and struggle." -Herbert Hoover, speech at Madison Square Garden, October 31, 1932

For Drastic Measures
"I have recounted to you in other speeches, and it is a matter of general information, that for at least two years after the Crash, the only efforts made by the[Hoover administration] to cope with the distress of unemployment were to deny its existence."-Franklin D. Roosevelt, campaign address, October 13, 1932

Compare the statements.

I seen nothing in common with these two statements. What am I missing?

Answer 1

Both Hoover and Roosevelt are talking about the Great Depression that had devastated so many people, thrown them out of work, and hopeless.

Hoover didn't want change, and Roosevelt demanded change.

Answer 2

Thank you!