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March 21, 1949 -I'" Dear Ed: I appreciated very much your good letter of the tenth in regard to Mr. Eliel Saarinen and I shall certainly consider him very carefully for the place on the Fine Arts Commission. I wish you would advise me as to the best procedure to get a fundamental estimate on the cost of the construction for remodeling the White House, I haven't been able to get H that figure on a fundamental basis from the Public Works Administration. If you will make me a suggestion as to the proper proce- dure to obtain those figures, r'll certainly appreciate it. and Sincerely yours, country HARRY S. TRUMAN Mr. Edward F. Neild City Bank Building Shreveport, Louisiana

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