Evening star., 1925-12-06
NEW LABOR OFFICE
MOVE IS PROPOSED
Transfer to Pension BuiIdinS
Instead of to interior De-
partment Planned.

Continuation OF the survey undel
taken by inspectors Of the Interior
Department and the Public Building
Commission. with the object Of re-
leasing floor space in the Interior
Building TO house the Labor Depart
ment, has resulted In a change Of
plans regarding transfer of the latte
unit.
Immediate removal of the Depart
ment of Labor from its present loca-
ton at l712-l4 G. street to the Pension
Office Building at Fifth and G streets
and transfer OF the Pension bureau
from It's own building 10 the main
building of the Interior Department q
Eighteenth and + streets, has been
approved by the Public buildings
Commission and will begin as soon a.
the details Of the transfer arc
| Strengthened out. according TO Senatoi
Reed Smoot OF Utah. chairman Of IN"
commission. Details of the twin
transfer will be discussed by officla Is
! of the two departments affected 10
morrow in conference with oftlcials ~
! the buildings commission, and tho in
mense task of moving one entire O.
partment into another building J"
| Gated more than a mile distant al"
| one Of tho largest Government to
reaus in the city into another buIdIr@
! about the same distance away. VII
| begin within few days.
The move is being made in th'
| joint interests OF financial cconomI
and better utilization If space in Co
| ernment- owned buildings. The II,
| terror building survey has revealed
| that consolida ton of Interior DepaT-
| ment Offices and activities VIII release
| about sc, 900 floor feet-ample 10
| house the Pension Bureau, but no.
! enough for the Labor Department
whose expended activities need approx
| imately $4,000 square feet.
Present Building Small.
! The present Labor Department
main building on G street has but %
! 600 square feet Of Office space, and
/ four bureaus are housed in uthel
! buildings. Three Of them. the Won
ems Bureau. the Childrens Bureau
and the United States Employment,
| Service are quartered in te'nporaT,
| buildings north of Il street and weSl
OF Eighteenth street. The CntteG
/ States Housing Corporation viii no
lie moved from its present location -l
! the Maltby Building.
! Original plans Of the Public Builo
| :ngs Commission, made 10 DAYS a.
| before it's Interior Department So.
| yey had revealed the tlIe picture
! contemplated moving II the Lahcs
/ Depa artmeut into the west wing Il he
Interior building. II was found, nov
ever, that better move would be L.
transfer the Labor Department TO tn
Pension once and bring the latte
10 the Interior building. The Pens e
Office has about 400 employees.
The transfer would obtain the de
sired result of housing all Interior D
partment activities IN NaShington
under one roof with the exception -
the four eleemosynary institution
coming under the administration 81
the Secretary Of the Interior. TheS"
are st. EHzaheth's Hospital. the c.
lumbis. Institution for the Deaf. Ho"
ard University and F'reednlens 5 Hos
pital.
$50 Employees Affected.
Approxinlatety G5n employees of TIE
Labor Department will be affected b.
the move. in all bureaus Of the deparr
rnent except the United States Hous
ing Corporation. which is located IL
the Maltby Building, at New JerseE
avenue and l. street, and has aboui
! $50 employees.
Negotiations between the Labor De
partment ard the owners Of the builG
ing il occupies on street have beeu
in progress for several months. The
owners have requested an annusl
rental Of s96 600, an increase of near'r
500 per cent over the present reDta,
OF so4. 1000. The Labor Department
lease on the 6 street structure run
until June 50. 1872. but may be brokcH
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