Obviously people who have risked their lives to escape from totalitarian nations often have no passports.

Experience has demonstrated, however, that administrative improvements are not enough.

And we shall again reaffirm that the great tradition of sanctuary lives on in America.

This includes Netherlands' farmers whose land has been ruined by floods of salt water, Greek mountain people whose herds have been despoiled by Communist invaders and many similar victims of catastrophe.

I urge upon the Congress the following:

The immigrant has brought greatness to our land and a tremendous love for his adopted country.

Mr. Hoover, your dedication and devotion to public service are so long and so well known, your accomplishments in that service are so great and so well known, that it seems idle for me to try to say anything that could add to the dignity…

I urge that the Congress give consideration to amendments that would enable this to be done.

Perhaps it is just best for me to say I am proud to be an agent for our people in conferring upon you this highest award that the Government has, and to say that your real reward--as all of us here know--is in the hearts, the thanks and…

A good workman deserves good surroundings, and a good place in which to work, and so if we had nothing more here to dedicate than the building itself, it would still be an occasion worthy of note.

So in the same fashion, other diseases coming under control have each had as one of the contributing factors these great dedicated officers, doctors and technicians, nurses and others of the Armed Services' Medical Corps.

They have brought back to us a knowledge of diseases, or they have practically prevented them from ever reaching our shores.