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April 18, 1952 Personal Dear Mr. Orr: Thanks very much for your good letter of the fourteenth. A hope I did not cause you too much misery while you were trying to get the White House rehabilitated. It turned out to be a fine job and nobody appreciates it more than 1 do. X can say this to you, confidentially - McKim, Meade and White would probably turn over in their graves if they knew that we really have done a job on the old White House. Sincerely yours, TRONAR ARCHIVES <'NATIONAL RECORDS AND a SERVICE* HARRY S. TRUMAN Honorable Douglas Williem Ort, F.A.I.A. Architect New Haven, Connecticut Envelope was marked Personal