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blossoms in full view. On a sub-roof, we inspected a special private
hide-away built for President Roosevelt, who became a little irritated
on occasion with the noise from the white House special movie theatre.
It is said that he once remarked, "I heard 'Gone With The Wind four
times.
The architect and engineers have removed plaster in spots
throughout the Executive Mansion and, as a result, one can see the
amudge from the fire of 1812 on the original brick. As you know, the
British burned the White House in the War of 1812 after Dolly Madison
fled. What was left standing was rebuilt into the present structure.
no the ceiling of the famous Gold Room there is perhaps the
most beautiful fancy or ornamental plasterwork in the United States.
This will have to come down but minute drawings have been made and when
the new job has been completed it will be identical with the original.
The exterior walls are, in the main, Okay, but the interior
walls are in terrible shape. The interior walls, because the center area
has settled, are puliing away from the outside walls. In due time a
real disaster would have occurred.
The only roal change will be in the location of the main
stairway from the first to the second floor.
In the west wing there is a beautiful table presented to
President Truman by J. G. Gibbs of Raldigh, North Carolina. The table
top has a map of the United States with each state in a different wood
with a different color.
It is anticipated that the White House job will be done in
FORD
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