 In his campaign trips around the country, Hoover was faced with perhaps the most hostile crowds ever seen by a sitting president.Besides having his train and motorcades pelted with eggs and rotten fruit, he was often heckled while speaking, and on several occasions, the Secret Service halted attempts to kill Hoover by disgruntled citizens, including capturing one man nearing Hoover carrying sticks of dynamite, and another already having removed several spikes from the rails in front of the president's train.Hoover's attempts to vindicate his administration fell on deaf ears, as much of the public blamed his administration for the depression.