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    "ocrText": "- 2 -\nWhen I was on the Public Building and Grounds Committee in the\nSenate we worked out a plan for the completion of the Capitol at\nthe time when building programs were in order for employment.\nAs you know, the north wing and the south wing of the Capitol\nare Vermont marble and were added sometime between 1835 and\n1850. It was decided to put a new dome on the old Capitol, which\nis built of red sandstone, move the east portico out in conformity\nwith the north and south wings and veneer the sandstone and the\ndome with marble, We succeeded in getting a project of that sort\nthrough the Senate but two or three Congressment went out and made\na campaign, such as the one they are making on this portico, and\ndefeated the project. As you know, the Capitol dome is one of the\nthree great domes in the world - the other two are on St. Peter's\nin Rome and St. Paul's in London. Michelangelo being one architect\nand Sir Christopher Wren the other The present Capitol dome\nsits seven feet over the east portico, therefore, it hangs in the air.\nSometimes you don't understand what causes people to tick.\nI hope you will come and take a look at the new arrangement when\nit is finished.\n1 wonder if we ought to put the green shutters back on The White\nHouse and take out all the bath tubs.\nTRONAN\nS. RECORDS SERVICE'\nSincerely yours,\nC.S.\nHARRY S. TRUMAN\nMr. George Rothwell Brown\nThe Farm - Route 1\nVienna, Virginia"
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