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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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