Evening star., 1925-10-10


ciallv. have to visit the Patent Office
which means a journey for them tc
Ninth and + streets. Then many
very many, have business with the
Census Bureau. This. by the way, Is
an anachronysm and miSnomer. for Il
is a Census Bureau" only every II
years. while it is a Bureau of Business
Statistics every day of every year
and for that reason constantly con
Quilted by the business interests Ol
this country. The Bureau of the Cen
sus is located at Sixth street and Mis-
souri, avenue southwest, another jaun1
for the hurrying business man.
So YOU see that a manufacturer, eX
porter or importer or other business
man who comes here under heavy eX
pense. and to whom time is valuable
To consult with the Department OF
Commerce, must trek all over the
business center of the Capital. badly
iammed with traffic. Mr.. Hoover
thinks that condition must be cor
rected.
Branches Far Away.
AS regards proper administration
and cooperation, some OF the lmpor
tant bureaus of the department. such
as Patents, Fisheries, Census, Coas'
ministration headquarters that they
cannot be greatly blamed if they
sometimes feel they are Independent,
units and forget that they are parts
of one big cooperative OrSa nIZation
Physically separated by miles and
miles of space. it is extremely difficult
to get the close. interlockinS cooper
alton so essential to good business ad-
ministration of a large organization.
II 70 a
supplies. separate messenger service.
separate mail and truck services. So
Secretary Hoover sees d big chance
for closer administration and great
economy and increased efficiency
through Capitalization of his depart
ment in one building.
This question of properly housing
the Department of Commerce directly
affects 5,167 residents of Washington.
distributed among 10 bureaus and the
office of the Secretary. hundreds upon
hundreds of whom are now working
in firetrap buildings.
Besides the two rented buildings pre-
viously referred to. the Department of
Commerce occupies the Bureau of
Fisheries group, at Sixth and B streets
southwest: Temporary Building d. at
Sixth street and Missouri avenue
southwest: the eight ramshackle
buildings in the Coast and Geodetic
Survey group. at New Jersey avenue
and 5 street southeast: tho Patent
Office Building. Ninth end F streets
and the Il Bureau of Standards build
inss. on Connecticut avenue between
Tilden street. Idaho avenue and War
rem street.
Forces Divided.
In addition. it occupies about o5.0o0
feet of Sn3ce in the and Off1ce
Building. at Seventh and F streets.
and about $4,000 feet in the Interior
Department Building.
The Secretary's office, the Steam
boat Inspection Service. the Bureau
of Navigation. two divisions of the
Bureau of Standards and the ma jor
part of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, including a to-
tai of 79o employees. are housed ir
the departments main building
Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
The Bureau Of Fisheries houses ir
its buildings its entire personnel oI
"a.
The Census force of 1.s6s EN-
ployes is located in the fire. ira 7
Temporary Building d at Sixth
street and Missouri avenue.
The Coast and Geodetic Surve!
Buildings house 201 employees.
The Patent Office personnel trans
ferred on April l from the 1nterio,
Department to the Commerce De
partment numbers LES. These are
housed in the Patent Office Building
at Ninth and r streets. with con
siderable overflow in the Old Ian,
Office Building. Eighth and F streets
The force of the Bureau of Stand
nrds with the eXception of two divi: