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.

It is our primary duty to do more than erect offices.

Washington is not only the Nation's Capital, it is the symbol of America.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

It is on this national stage that the great drama of our political life has been played.

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.

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

No individual has the right to determine what law shall be obeyed and what law shall not be enforced.