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Was completed gutted in a few months and job was done in less than 2 years. Same job would take a decade today. Are we really more advanced nowadays?
by cynicalpeace 2y ago
Was completed gutted in a few months and job was done in less than 2 years.
Same job would take a decade today.
Are we really more advanced nowadays?
- jrmg 2y agoFrom the article: President Truman publicly expressed praise for the completed work, but the night of his return to the White House he wrote in his private diary: "With all the trouble and worry it is worth it – but not 5½ million dollars! if I could have had charge of the construction it would have been done for half the money and in half the time!"