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    "ocrText": "-4-\n(11) Q. Why do you think an auditorium is necessary as part of the\nExecutive Offices?\nA. Within the last few years the intimate contact of the Press, Radio,\nand Newsreels with all White House activities has increased a hundred-\nfold. Through these agencies every person in the country has constant\nknowledge of the executive functions at the head of his government.\nA small and properly equipped auditorium will provide the essential\nworkshop where these most necessary utilities may efficiently gather\ntheir information to send out over the world. Before long, television\nwill be added to further increase the intimate contact between the\nPresident and all of the people. The construction of this small\nAuditorium is most urgently needed and it is my most important\nSERVICE\nprofessional problem, in that with its multitude of uses it must\nSo SOVERK\ncontain within its walls every modern device for efficient service.\n(12) Q. What about the museum in the East Wing? Why is it necessary?\nA. The ground floor of the White House has been for many years a rather\nmakeshift museum. Before the war there were five rooms open to the\npublic, where there were displayed historical articles belonging\nto the Presidential families. And into these small rooms five to seven\nthousand people crowded daily, for a few hours each day. As you know,\nall visitors to Washington try to see the White House first of all. The\ndevelopment of this museum wáshof primary interest to President Roosevelt\nfor over ten years. The new museum will provide adequate space to\nproperly display the great number of historical articles now in the\nWhite House. This phase of the new work is urgently necessary in order\nthat any President's family may have the privacy and homelike atmosphere"
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