Report, Plan for the Disposition of Surplus Material from the White House

PLAN for t h e DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS MATERIAL f r o m THE WHITE HOUSE Purpose and Scope 1. This plan has been prepared in compliance with Public Law 377, 8lst Congress, lst Session of which the pertinent parts are quoted as follews: Extract from Public Law 377: "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion is hereby empowered, with the approval of the President, to determine the details of and to execute a suitable plan for the preservation or other appro- priate disposition of all the materials removed from the Executive Mansion in connection with the renova- tion thereof and consistent with their symbolical value and without commercial exploitation: Provided, s. TRUMAN That report shall be made to the Congress of action taken under this authority on January 3, 1950, and every six months thereafter until the final report s ARCHIVES "INATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE' AND is submitted: Provided further, That the Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to use for this purpose any of the funds appropriated for the reno- vation, and modernization of the Executive Mansion under Public Law 119, Eighty-first Congress, first session, approved June 23, 1949. 2. The plan provides for the disposition in accordance with exist- ing law of all the material to be removed from the White House and which will not be required for re-use in the course of its renovation as authorized by Public Law 119, 8lst Congress, lst Session. In respect to pieces of wood, stone, brick and the like, which in ordinary building operations would be treated as waste, this plan provides for temporary storage on Government property, pending final decisions concerning the