It is the wish and the demand of the American people that our new buildings shall comport with the dignity of the Capital of America.

No one in 150 years has been able to improve upon it.

For our tasks and their tasks there is need of a daily inspiration of surroundings that suggest not only the traditions of the past but the greatness of the future.

A man never loses his love for the profession of his choice, no matter whither the opportunities for service may divert his steps in later life or how interesting the activities in those other fields may become.

I regret deeply that the condition of your health has been such of late as to give anxiety to your friends, and seems to preclude the strain which would ensue from important negotiations which are likely to be designated to the International Joint Commission.

I feel it would be desirable to make a change in the Commission in the matter of the position held by you and I should be glad to know if this would meet with your convenience.

Our Government in Washington has grown greatly during the past 15 years.

Of all the honors which have been bestowed, I rate most highly the approval of my professional brethren as expressed in the John Fritz Medal.

Now, Therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing amendatory regulations.

I WISH to express my sympathetic interest in The Leonard Wood Memorial for the Eradication of Leprosy, and to commend this great humanitarian effort now being made in the Philippines by your organization.

It is not proposed to pay the debentures of subsidies to the farmers, but to the export merchants, and it seems certain that a large part of it would not be reflected back to the farmer.

The plan would require a substantial increase in taxes as no such expenditure or depletion of revenues as this plan implies could be paid from marginal income of the government more particularly in view of the very large increased expenditures imposed by the naval program, flood control and other branches of farm relief.

A further serious question arises again (if the plan did have the effect intended) where the foreign producer of animals would be enabled to purchase feed for less than the American farmer producing the same animals.

It is unnecessary for me to argue the fact that the very essence of freedom is obedience to law; that liberty itself has but one foundation, and that is in the law.

That is the enforcement and obedience to the laws of the United States, both Federal and State.

The first result of the plan, if put into operation, would be a gigantic gift from the government and the public to the dealers and manufacturers and speculators in these commodities.

Respect for law and obedience to law does not distinguish between Federal and State laws--it is a common conscience.

On the contrary I am convinced that it would bring disaster to the American farmer.