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June 26, 1950 Dear Mr. Finley: I was at the Capitol Building on F Friday for luncheon with the Vice President and the Speaker. I talked with them at great length about the White House chandeliers which Theodore Roosevelt threw out of the White House and which the Congress took over, There are seven of those chandeliers in the Capitol Building. I wonder if you wouldn't make it your business to discuss those chandeliers with the Vice President and the Speaker - find out where they are all situated and see what chance there is of getting at least four of them back into the White House, That botch job of Theodore Roosevelt and Stanford White on the White House in 1902 was something to "yap" about - I never heard of the Fine Arts Com- mission going into that situation. TRUMAN Sincerely yours, ARCHIVES AND "NATIONAL RECORDS of s SERVICE** BARRX Sa TRUMAN RAC Honorable David E. F inley Director National Gallery of Art Washington 25, D. C.