mrs. coolidge with the flutes and the stradivarius instruments is part of that. >> is that first lady coolidge that gave this? >> no. no relation. >> what about the archivist, to whom do you report? >> to the president. >> and what is your governance, do you have a governing body that you report to in any sense of the way? >> we have oversight committees both in the house and the senate that , but our main communication is with the white house. >> what is your operating budget and is it all federally funded? >> it's about $450 million and each of the presidential libraries as well as the flagship national archives have private foundations that supplement that. >> dr. skorton your governance structure is interesting. the board of regents, the chief justice, the vice president and also the leaders of congress search on it. -- serve on that. how did that come about? >> you're stealing all of my thunder. >> sorry. >> that's okay. it is an interesting governmental center. 9 of the 17 of private citizens, district of columbia can have two and eight public servants, six sitting members of congress, n

mrs. coolidge with the flutes and stradivarius instruments. susan: first lady coolidge? ms. hayden: no. susan: i don't know how far back the history went. what about the archivist? to whom do you report? >> the president. we have oversight committees in both the house and senate. our main communication is with the white house. susan: what is your operating budget? is it all federally funded? >> it is about $450 million. each of the presidential libraries, as well as the flagship national archives have private foundations that supplement that. susan: dr. skorton, your government structure is interesting. there is a board of regents. there is a chief justice, vice president, and leaders of congress serve on it. how did that come about? dr. skorton: you are stealing my thunder. that is ok. it is an interesting governing system. there is a 70 member governing board 9 are private citizens. ,no more then one from any state, except the district of columbia, which can have two. 6 sitting members of congress. not necessarily leaders, but three from the house and three from the senate. the chance

mrs. taft lived until the 1940's, a prominent figure in washington. under threetice presidents, harding appointed him. what was his relationship like as a former president and chief justice with harding and coolidge and hoover? mr. seale: he was chief justice. he never presented himself as a former president, if that is what you mean, john. taft was a brilliant man. he had what he wanted. he was chief justice to them. that was his relationship with them. he never took the position of ex-president. >> did the public allow him to be just chief justice? did the press ever ask him questions about his experience and commenting on issues both as chief justice and as a former president? mr. seale: he was very restricted. he restricted himself very much from the press from anything like that, and his ideas were always welcome, and the public loved taft. they just never considered him strong enough as president. he was not a public figure like theodore roosevelt or even coolidge. ofwas a receding-sort individual, and intellectual, and i think he was a very popular chief justice. >> we mentioned before that president obama is expected to move into the kalorama neighborhood, also the neighborhood where pres