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Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:02:53 -0500

Truman complained about a sagging ceiling on the first floor of the White House. The engineer's report said it stayed in place only "by force of habit." Some of the blame goes to Calvin Coolidge, who built a habitable third floor within a superstructure that could not support it. Harry, Bess and daughter Margaret moved across the street to the Blair House, much to the relief of Bess, who had no patience with the public pomp of the White House. What you see in the White House today are salvaged materials from the reconstruction.