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OCR Page 1 of 5RADIO ADDRESS
made by Lorenzo S. Winslow, Architect of the White House
over Station WOL, at 1:00 p.m., January 20, 1946
(1)
Q. Mr. Winslow, how long have you been associated with the White House?
A. Since 1933, when I designed the White House Swimming Pool for the
late President Roosevelt.
(2)
Q. What other architectural work have you done at the White House?
A. In 1934, the old Executive Office was remodeled to provide the
President with a larger office and Cabinet Room and a new second
floor. In 1936 a complete kitchen was installed with all the
necessary cold storage rooms, pantries, locker rooms, carpenter
and paint shops, and other maintenance rooms. At the same time about
one-half of the ground floor was restored, and a number of utility
rooms built under the roadway north of the White House. In 1942 the
East Wing was built under wartime conditions to provide additional
office space, the bomb shelter, and quarters for the increased
White House Police Guard. Every effort has been made to retain the
dignity and charm of the White House and at the same time provide a
comfortable modern home for the most important family in the natione
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(3) Q. What about the new addition to the White House? Can you tell me
about this?
A. May I emphasize that there will be no addition to the White House?
The new building is an extension to the south of the Executive office,
which, as you know, is known at the West Wing of the White House.
It will hardly be visible from the White House to any great extent.
(4)
Who has approved of your plans for this work?
A. The President requested the Commission of Fine Arts to review my
preliminary sketches, which they did at a meeting in the White House
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