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Show White House May Follow Old Fence Building Axiom back, Its experts Mid. doesn't natch tha beauty out front. Engineer! declared the preaent fence ia loose In placea, that age haa damaged the footing! and that it's altogether too low. Specifications are auch aa not to interfere with theae ancient sightaeetng customs: Clinging en t tha bare with one hand and taking picturea with the other. Peeking aL the official family out playing tennia. Watching the Eaater egg rolling roll-ing from a eafe distance. And the proposed new fence despite the cost is going to be just aa hard to atraddla aa tha one that's been standing out front lor 77 yeara. WASHINGTON. Dee, 10 l That old political precaution build your fencea In the off yeara may be realized at tha White House, of all places. Make .of It what you can, but there are plans afoot to put up a wrought Iron fence of such strength and elegance that the low bidder wants 144.400 for the job. President Roosevelt, however, Isn't going to do the building. That's to be handled by tha national na-tional parks service and a private contractor provided they can agree on the coat. Tha low bid waa 29 per cent above government govern-ment estimates. Six bidders rushed for the job of putting up tha first new fence about the executive mansion since the Civil war. Reasons for a new fence? The fine arts commission haa an esthetic one. The portion that runs around tha aidea and tha |