Evening star., 1926-06-08
HOOVER APPROVES
SITE FOR BUILDING
New Commerce Structure tC
Go Up South of Avenue.
Other Plans Pushed.

Secretary Hoover is satisfied with
the location of the Commerce Depart
,nent Building in the square south o:
Pennsylvania avenue hetWeen Four
teenth and 10Th streets, provided Tor
the new structure in plans now beln1
prepared by Treasury architects. Ihe
Commerce and Justice Department
buildings will be located in this are@
under the plans now being drawn up
,.. .,....p.. S;tIu today ii Is the
intenti"n nf the department to bring
all the agencies of the Commerce De
uartment, with the exception of the
Bureau of Standards. under one roof
In the interest of economy and more
efficient administration. He added
that enough money can be saved by
the move to pay the interest on the
new structure. to say nothing of the
rentals paid for the various buildings
IN which the units Of the Commerce
Department are now housed.
About a million square feet will be
needed to house all the bureaus now
either in the main building at Nine
teenth street and Pennsylvania ave
nue.. or occupying rented quarters.
While plans for III" new building are
moving forward no attempt will be
made to secure space for bureaus of
The department in the Pension Office.
Mr.. Hoover said it was his under
standing that practically all the avail
able space in the Pension Office will
be taken UP by the General Account
ing Office.
WIFI Move Sa' urdlay.
The latter organization will move
from it's scattered buildings into the
Pension Office next Saturday, while
the Pension Office staff and equipment
will be moved into the main building
of the Interior Department. At the
same time the Bureau of Mines OF the
commerce Department, which now oc-
cupieS part Of the Interior Depart
ment Building. will be moved to the
Winder Building on Seventeenth street
between + and & streets.
The Cryo-enic laboratory Of the
Bureau Of Mines, formerly located in
the Interior Building, has already
been moved to the Bureau Of stand
ards. Moving of the mines hureau TO
the Windnr Euilding is temporary,
pending completion Of the new Com
merce Department Building.
Assurance was given today by Sec
retarv Mellon OF early consideration
for the l. cities III which Federal
buildings have been authorized by
Congress but which were not included
in the nrSL year publlt buliuIiir7f'
program recently announced. ~
though immediate appropriations for
those cities viii not he asked, Il Is
planned to conclude work on all au-
thorized projects within three years.
Assistant Secretary Dewey, In
charge of the work. announced today
that a complete survey would be made
before any ALLEGATIONS for buildings IN
cities not previously considered are
made. Meanwhile, Senators and mem
bers Of the House are literally swarm
ing the Treasury and Post Office De
partments TO press for claims OF Varl-
Gus sections.
The Il cities in which buildings
have been authorized, but which We're
not included in the first years pro
gram, are:
Prescott, Ark: Red Bluff, Calf;
Putnam. Conn. Mariana. Fla; West
Point, Ga: Standpoint, Idaho; Batavia,
ILL.,; Fort Fairfield, Me; Leominster,
Maiden, Waltham and Winchester,
Mass; Central City, Nebr.; Millville,
n. j.; Fort Plain, \. T.; Iarentum,
Pa, and Tomah, Wis.