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White House Stories featuring Clifton Truman Daniel
When Harry S. Truman suddenly became president in 1945, he inherited not just a world war and tumultuous global situation, but he also soon discovered that the White House he and his family moved into was on the brink of collapse. Floors swayed, joints popped and rats scurried across the floor through holes in the walls. Something had to be done, and Truman was just the president to do it.