In 1947, President Harry Truman noticed the White House was hardly structurally sound, and once he won the 1948 presidential election, he commissioned a group of engineers to tackle the issue.

KMBC NINE’S MATT EVANS IS TAKING A LOOK AT A VISIT TO THE TRUMAN LIBRARY, AND WHY CARTER ADMIRED HARRY TRUMAN SO MUCH. REPORTER. SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1980. THE FINAL TIME PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ...