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    "title": "Correspondence Between James R. Edmunds and President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment",
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    "ocrText": "Proposed Addition to the White House Offices\nResolutions Adopted by The Executive Committee of The American\nInstitute of Architects at a meeting in Washington, D. C., on\nFebruary 16, 1946\nResolved, That the President of The American Institute of Architects be requested\nto transmit to President Harry S. Truman the following statement by The Executive\nCommittee of The Institute:\nIt is unfortunate that the controversy concerning the White House additions\nshould have been terminated, for the moment at least, in a manner which makes no\nprovision for the space required by the President. For it can scarcely have been\nthe intention of those who opposed these additions to prevent the President from\nhaving suitable and convenient office space.\nThe American Institute of Architects suggests that this requirement be met\nimmediately by the construction of a temporary structure raised over West Executive\nAvenue and adjacent to the State Department building. This structure could be\nerected economically and expeditiously and would meet the President's need as\nquickly as the original scheme, in spite of all the delays which have occured.\nThe building would be an unsightly makeshift but this would be an advantage, because\nfor that very reason it would not be allowed to remain indefinitely.\nImmediate needs having been met in this fashion, the National Capital Park and\nPlanning Commission should be required to prepare, in consultation with the Public\nBuildings Administration, an overall plan of the area immediately adjacent to the\nWhite House for the purpose of solving, in a permanent fashion, the requirements for\nexecutive offices. This long-range plan could be studied with due deliberation, and\nits execution would permit removing the existing executive offices on the White House\ngrounds as well as the temporary structure above suggested. This would permit the\nrestoration of the White House in accordance with its status in 1902 as the resi-\nAND\ndence of the President.\n2\nKs."
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