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White House
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least six months of uninterrupted
work to execute the plans and re
store the White House to normal
living conditions. For the safety
and peace of mind of all concerned,
they hope the work will be started
with the least possible delay.
Couldn't Stay During Work.
There again. Mr. Reynolds re
minded, the PBA will come up
against conditions over which it has
no control. Congress is fully ex
pected to act promptly on the rec
ommendations of the engineers but
the personal convenience of the
presidential family, as well as af
fairs of state, must be taken into
consideration.
“The President's family certainly
won't be able to occupy the White
House after this work starts and
Blair House would make a very sat
isfactory temporary residence,” Mr.
Reynolds said.
That historic and architecturally
attractive residence, which the Gov
ernment acquired during World War
II for the accommodation of dis
tinguished foreign visitors, also is
suitable, it was pointed out, for of- j
ficial entertainment on a limited
scale. Mr. Truman or his successor
could walk to and from the execu
tive offices across the street.
The alterations that now must be
carried out should have been done
21 years ago, Mr. Reynolds ex
plained. That would have been in
1927 when the fire-resistant third
floor was added and the Coolidges
moved out while the work was
being done. For some reason or
other, it wasn't attended to at the;
time.
Disturbed by Whole Thing.
“I’m disturbed greatly by this
whole thing,” said Mr. Reynolds,
who previously had told Congress
that he “shuddered” when he
thought of the fire hazards that
threaten the safety of the presi
dential family. "The building cer
tainly violates the principles of
building engineering,” he complain
ed. “We don’t know as much about
the second floor construction as we
would like to know, but a thorough
physical survey should determine
the improvements required."
Mr. Reynolds remarked that some
people are asking, "Why the rush
at this time to make the White
rfouse safe, after all these years?”
“We take things too much for
granted in this country,” he said.
Being fire-conscious himself, he
can quote the annual cost of fires
in human lives and dollars—a cost
which is beginning to make the
American people fire-conscious, too.
Mr. Reynolds draws a line, how
ever, at calling the White House a
"fire trap,” as appeared in news
paper headlines a month ago.
“I've never called it a fire trap,”
he claimed. “It is a fire hazard.
There's a difference between the
two.”
Doors Open Inward.
It is true, he said, that the doors
in the White House open inward.
The timber in walls and floors is old
and dry. The old fashioned stair
ways are open—and they should be
of the inclosed, fire-resistant type,
he complains. “But it gives us some
peace of mind to realize the White
House is the best guarded building
in the country.”
What worries the conscientious
custodian of most of Washington's
public buildings is the chance that
a fire might break out unexpectedly
in the White House during one of
the great receptions attended by
several thousands of guests.
It is almost certain that any fire
breaking out in the White House
would be discovered almost imme
diately and the guards could re
strict the burning area. “What we
have to do is to make the second
floor fire-resistant which it certainly
is not now,” Mr. Reynolds said.
The Secret Service now takes eq
ually strict precautions to limit the
weight on that treacherous second
floor. No more than 15 persons are
allowed in the President’s study at
one time. Precautions also are taken
with respect to the first floor.
Staff Is Vibration Conscious.
No longer does one hear the heavy
tramping feet of the military color
guard at the large public receptions
or ceremonies. The White House
staff is now equally as vibration
conscious as flre-conscious.
Preliminary discoveries of what's
architecturally wrong in the White
House to safeguard life and limb
have been detailed in a report to the
Senate Appropriations Committee,
from the annoying "tinkling” of the
crystal chandeliers to the absence of
fire escapes.
One of the first things scheduled
in connection with the survey is an
examination of the communication
and electric ducts in the flooring and
walls.
The building engineers want to
know, also, more about the ma
terial used in constructing the
White House.
Timbers Were Tested.
In 1927 when the third floor re
modeling was done, some old tim
bers were found in the basement.
They were submitted to careful tests.
The experts concluded the timber
used in the White House beams and
other supports was mostly short leaf
pine. “The bearing capacity of
that kind of timber is not so good.”
Mr. Reynolds commented. “Know
ing those things doesn't help our
peace of mind.”
The PBA commissioner would like
to see the survey get under way
Friday or Saturday, if possible. Mr.
Truman will be away from the
White House on his Western trip
at that time. Mrs. Truman and
Margaret are to be in Independence
a greater part of the summer.
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OfU.S. Books Among Japs
By th* Associated Press
Spurred by the existence in Japan
of a large number of Russian and
German books on communism, the
Army is speeding up an effort to get
American publications into circula
tion there.
Brig. Gen. Edgar Erskine Hume of
the Army’s Civil Affairs Division
announced yesterday that 100 books
by American and British authors
are being offered to Japanese pub
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