Expansion

The White House was due for its first remodeling since President Coolidge fire-proofed it in 1927. The architect, Lorenzo S. Winslow, unrolled his drawing of a new, L-shaped addition designed to flow so subtly from the West Wing that it would leave the mansion's historic Georgian lines practically undisturbed.

When the addition is completed by fall, the White House will be richer by 15,000 ft. of office space (for the President's assistants and clerks) and a 375-seat auditorium.

The auditorium will serve for official ceremonies, press conferences, radio and television broadcasts, private and public meetings, movies and social affairs. Be sides a stage which can be lowered out of sight on a hydraulic hoist, it will have two soundproofed radio booths and an elevated booth for photographers.

Other improvements planned for the White House: a new $50,000 heating system; a presidential museum (for the knickknacks of ex-Presidents) ; a $100,000 landscaping job on the White House grounds; a semicircular staircase of marble and iron grillwork for the East Wing.

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