The President's News Conference
08/10/1949
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This building will be a permanent addition to the beauty of the Nation's capital.
It will be a workshop for the volunteers of the District, and a model of everything a Red Cross chapter house ought to be.
It is most appropriate, therefore, that the District of Columbia chapter of the Red Cross should have a beautiful modern building like the o...
I am glad to take part in laying the cornerstone of this District of Columbia chapter house of the American Red Cross.