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MARRY
NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND
RECORDS
LIBRARY
U.S.
SERVICE"
Feb 6, 1952
Sen. Burnett SOVERNMENT Sen
William Fulfright, Sea. Homer
Cafe heart carke to see me this
afternoon just before the Security
Council meeting.
These three gentlernen have
tion of Harry m. Donald as head of
been holding up the confinua-
the Recon struction Finance Corp.
They good friend May bank has joined
my good friend James F.b Byrnames,
governor of South Carolina Ful-
his House Resolution which sent him
bright has never recosered from
to the Senate (Potomac Ferer), nor has
he forgiven the for telling him at
a Press chat dinner that he'd feen
a letter constitutionalist had he
Recu educated in a landgrant
american College rather than Ocford.
Senator Capehearteach came to see me
when I Mas in the midst of the
told me that I should settle the th
controvery with John h. Lessis and
Reathe fround John on his terms!
Isked the great Repu Hican Senator
from Indiana to repeat what hid
said. He did and then told ine that
he moul lose tea thous and dollars
a day if I did not cettle with Mr.
Dulldog Lessis. I stood up and of
Course In Cape heart had to stand
a fold him in Monds of one cita-
the that I didu if care what hid lose,
that either the President mas the
head of the the
United States or he was i that
I didn of care much what he
the senator lost by day, week fu or by
the month. Descarted him to the
door! Now these three great senater
are doing what they can to min
a great public servant. Hold thera
to do what they felt their conservences
told them to do, that I'd un the R.F.C.
whatever they did. Then I went to
the Security Connect meeting. It
was a good meeting.
Jos Shortand I took a lot of thite
after Security Council meeting
House reporters are to the White
House to let thera see how much
rehabilitation. progress is being made on the
I started in on the old ground
floor, should their the housekeeper
office, the new kitchen, the oldritehen
which will he the handcasting 100m,
the doctor's auddentists office,
Reception Room, below
the Blue Room, thicking museum,
the lekary and the anxillary rooms
on the ground floor.
We then ment to the main
or firsthoor I should them the
East Rooch, green, Blue and Red
Rooms, and explained that there
would he no change m them. I
should them the State and family
diving noocas, explained to then
how the haritiful hallway on
the first floor in times part exh -
tended from the Ea of Room to
the tack wall of the present State
Diving Rooca; that Ted Roosesett
put in a thind stainary to the
left of the main entrance and
extende of the State Dicing to
take in the space of the ol of
renovation a real State Stainwar
stairway. Under the present
to end in the great hall. The
East Rooch, the quen Room, the
Blue Room, the Red Room and
the State and family diving rooms
will appear as they hase since
1902 Then I took them to the panily,
or second floor, Jold Hera dont
the Lincoln room, the Rose room
and the thomor room. Told them
that Lincoln has slept in every
room on the family floor-andso
had I, that the Emohn room was
the one where Lincoln had
that the Monror look was the old
signed the Enampation
Catinet room where thomat had
signed the thomas Docting pro -
of peace with Spain that signed
claination and where the treaty
I should them the Rose Room
presidents had slept.
where queens kings and foreign
Itmas an interesting after-
noon. Ishoned them why the
Jackson porch on the Penn. are.
side of the W. House should be
shortened to make Jackson's poul
potion to the House as a whole.
in the proper architectual for -
to get the rehalition commission
Hold the news Roys that I'd tried
to put the Pa. pour in its proper
prospective- - futeould get
it done.
2fthe Conques could hase been
consinced that the President of
the United States masnot a
crook the rehabilitation of the
White House could hase been
done for at least three mil-
lion dollars less money and
two anda half years less time.
But here me are abnost
but not quite finished More than
into the President's House."
fire million dollars has feea put
s. ARCHIVES NATIONAL RECORDS TRUMAN AND LIBRARY
U.S.
SERVICE" GOVERNMENT
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