What Spending Freeze?

Liberal pundits and bloggers across the net, found

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are decrying Obama's upcoming proposal for a spending freeze, and comparing it to the likes of Herbert Hoover.

I've pulled a chart from the Budget of the United States Government, and right below we can see federal spending during Hoover's time as President (March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933), and I've included a few years before and after, too:

I've made it perfectly clear with clever arrows and plus signs that total outlays increased every year of Hoover's presidency. Granted, this does not prove that spending is less than it otherwise would have been, but not only is Hoover not of the thrifty magnitude the pundits above describe him to be, I can't even find on record talk about some federal "spending freeze" during the 1929-1933 era. None of the pundits site this alleged factoid, and I've looked through a history teacher and Wikipedia. I'd like to believe that these folks are more than just talking points, so if you know something I don't, enlighten me!