At the Little White House, on December 3, 1951, President Harry S. Truman wrote the fourth Executive Order establishing the Committee on Government Contract Compliance to secure better compliance by contractors and subcontractors with laws that forbade discrimination because of race, creed, color or national origin. Truman announced the Executive Order to the press from the steps of this building.

Information provided by the Florida Division of Historical Resources, a division of the Florida Department of State.