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    "ocrText": "- 9 -\nPRESIDENT: That's right.\nMR. RASH: You sit around in the form of a horseshoe.\nPRESIDEMT: That's correct.\nMR. RASH: And right over here is the family dining room, isn't it?\nPRESIDENT: Yes, Camily dining room is right next to this -- that's a much\nsmaller room.\nMR. RASH: Incidentally, it was in the family dining room where the piano nearly\ncame through the ceiling, is that right?\nPRESIDENT: It did come through.\nMR. RASH: Really?\nPRESIDENT: One of the legs of Margaret's piano came through and they had to\nput scaffolding in there to keep the whole thing from falling down.\nMR. RASH: My heavens, T didn't realize it was that bad.\nPRESIDENT: Mearly crashed.\nMR. RASH: Thris is the f'amous Lincoln portrait -- would you tell us about that,\nMr. President?\nPRESIDENT: That's the picture of Lincoln made by Healy and it was donated to\nthe White House by Robert Lincoln when he died. It was the family portrait.\nThe original of it is over in the office where the newsmen gather and there are\nfour men in that picture. It was an exact duplicate of the one over there if\nyou notice, chair and all. And that picture was made - the four-man picture is\nGeneral Sherman, General Grant, Admiral. Porter and Mr. Lincoln. It was painted\non the \"Hudson Queen. \" Then Healy took that small picture to Europe and painted\nthe immense one which was given to a club in Chicago. Then when the COW kicked\nover the lantern that great portrait was burned. But I managed to get hold of\nthe original and we now have the Lincoln portrait by Healy over the State Dining\nRoom Mantel.\nMR. RASH Now before the renovation this was a much darker room, wasn't it, Mr.\nPresident?\nPRESUDENT: Yes, it was black walnut -- black walnut, so we stained it a lovely\nlight green color which makes the dining room much, much more pleasant in which\nto hold dinners.\nMR. RASHI: It's a very, very lovely room, Mr. President.\nPRESIDENT: I think it is.\nMR. RASH: Shall we walk over here and we can talk about this for just a moment.\nPRESIDENT: All right. This is the Overmantel which King George VI sent us by\nthe hand of Princess Elizabeth. These candelabra go with it. It's a lovely\nthing and we decided that it was too beautiful to put anywhere out of sight so\nwe put it on the north wall of the State Dining Room so everybody can see it.\nMR. RASH: It's very beautiful. Princess Elizabeth gave that to you on behalf\nof her Cather, George VI.\nProservation Copy"
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