However, without much success, he attempted to clean up the country's corruption, ordering federal intervention in the Province of Buenos Aires, governed by Manuel Fresco, and cancelling the fraudulent elections which had been won by the conservative Alberto Barceló.
Međutim, bez mnogo uspjeha, on je pokušao očistiti korupciju po zemlji, naručujući saveznu intervenciju u provinciji Buenos Aires, pod upravom Manuela Fresca, i poništavajući lažne izbore koji je osvojio konzervativac Alberto Barceló.