The Washington times., 1920-07-06
OFF|CESMOVED
BY UNCLE SAM.
July Will See Many Government
Bureaus and Boards in
New Quarters.

July 10 moving month III the ooH-
ernment departments and several bu-
reaus and independent units OF the
Government who have for several
months been jockeying for more
space in which TO transact business
will have their wishes gratihed.
One OF the biggest moving Jobs
viii be the transfer OF the Shipping
Board from it's present quarters on
+ street, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets northwest. TO the
Navy building. at Seventeenth and B
streets northwest. The shipping
Board now pays a rental of about
$4,000 year for quarters In the old
Interstate Commerce building and the
adjoining American National Bank
building. '.- ..... f..
NAVY FORCES TO MOVE.
The Navy Department Will relin-
quish control OF the building and
transfer the work done there to the
State, War and Navy building.
The War Department has given up
its quarters in the c building, at
Sixth and B streets northwest, and
will be concentrated In the temporary
war buildings which are now being
used by the munitions bureau, the
War Trade building, on Ii street, be-
tween Seventeenth and Nineteenth
stteets northwest, and the building at
1900 Virginia avenue.
BY this move, all the War Depart
ment bureaus will be housed in build
ings in the immediate vicinity of the
War Department. The War Depart
ment. however. will retain one build
ing in the Sixth and B streets group
This building, known as Il building,
is the only one OF the temporary war
structures that is fire-proofed, and the
adjutant generals records Will be
kept in this building.
HEALTH SERVICE CENTERED.'
In one of the buildings vacated by
the War Department at Sixth and Il
streets the Public Health Service will
be housed. The Public Health Service
is now scattered in several buildings
throughout the city. They will all be
centered in the new building, with
the exception of the administration
office, which will be ept at New
Jersey avenue and b streets south
east, where 1t has been for years.
The Agriculture Department has
been allotted two wings of tho +
building, Sixth and b streets, and all
the scattered units of this department
will be moved into the building. The
building was formerly occupied by
the Surgeon General of the Army.
The income tax unit of the Internal
Revenue Bureau will be given space
in A building of the sixth and Is
streets group. 1t is thought probable
by the Public Buildings Commission.
which has charge Of the allotment OF
space in Government buildings, that
all the bureaus will be permanently
housed by August ].
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The Public Buildings Commission
has served notice on the owners OF
the ground upon which Is built the
temporary bulldogs which housed the
Council Of National Defense and Cor.
coran Courts that they will give up
the space when the leases expire. The
buildings will be torn down. The
Council of National Defense building
will be torn down next February. -
make room for the new Office building
which is to be erected by the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution. The
Corcoran Courts will be torn down
next summer.
Another building that Is to pe torn
down in the near future, or as soon
as the Public Buildings Commission
gets additional space, is the Sanda
Court. This building is probably the
least known Of all the temporary war
buildings to the general public and
few but government clerks have ever
seen 1t and still fewer have ever been
inside of it.
SAVES LARGE RENTALS.
The Sanda Court is the home OF the
passport division Of the State Depart
ment, and Is built in the courtyard Of
the state, War and Navy buildings.
Complain has been made to the com
mission tina tthe heat is almost un-
bearable in the summer, on account of
being closed in on all sides by the
massive building. In the. winter COM
plant is madet that it is hard to
heat.
The Public Buildings Commission,
of which Senator Smoot of Utah is
chairman. Is a joint commission Of
members of the House and Senate and
a few Government officials, whose
duty is to allot space to the different
Government departments. OF an APP
preparation of 10000, the commission
has only spent about $4,000. while it
has saved the Government about half
.~.iII;a, year n reDtals