Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-18
CONFERON HOUSING
! OF D. c. ACTIVITIES.
Efficiency Bureau and Com
missioner Dougherty Try
to Solve Problem.

Herbert d. Brown, chief of the Fed
eral Bureau Of Efficiency, and several
of his assistants, conferred for an
hour and a half yesterday with Com
missioner Proctor l.. Dougherty and
proffered their aid in the solution OF
some problems confronting District
authorities.
The temporary rehousing OF the
District activities to be forced out
of the Pennsylvania avenue-M Mall trl-
angle by the S50,000,000 public build
ings program. the removal of the In
dustrial Home School and the manu-
facture and delivery of the 1928 auto
mobile identification tags were among
the questions discussed. 1t was an
nounced following the conference.
Assistance i'm Hunt.
Mr.. Brown Is said to have offered
the services of his bureau in assist
ing the Commissioners to find tenn
porary quarters for the House or De
tention. the Woman'S Bureau of the
police department and the medical
clinic of the health department. the
three agencies which are to be ouSted
soon from their present locations TO
make way for the new Department
of Commerce building.
An agreement has been reached
between the Commissioners and the
office of the supervising architect OF
the Treasury to permit the house
of Detention to continue to Occupy the
old Emergency Hospital building at
Fifteenth street and OHIO avenue
until Congress provides funds for the
rental of temporary accommodations.
The Woman's Bureau, also In this
building, will not be disturbed imme-
diately, but the medical clinic of the
Health Department will be forced out
Of the building it occupies by DC.
tober 1.
While District officials had virtually
abandoned all hope of finding tempo
rary accommodations for these three
bureaus in Federal Government build.
ings. Mr.. Brown said his bureau
would undertake to locate them in
such buildings, II space can possibly
he found. 1t is his idea to save the
District as much money in rentals
as possible.
Experts Study Problem.
Considerable study already has been
made by the Efficiency Bureau ex.
perts Of the problem of relocating
the Industrial Home School. and Mr..
Brown thought that the data they
have collected would be of material
value to the Commissioners. Con.
gress at it's last session authorized
the sale Of the property and the con.
struction Of a new school elsewhere.
The question perplexing the Commits
sioners Is whether to locate 1t within
the borders Of the District or in con.
tiguous territory in either Maryland
or Virginia.
Disposition Of the Industrial Home
School property was authorized in the
act providing for the exchange of
land between the District and Federal
Government. whereby the Navy De.
partment was given title to a section
Of the grounds Of the institution in
order to complete the Naval Observa-
tory circle.
Auto Tag Delivery.
The manufacture and delivery of
the 1928 automobile tags was con-
sidered. it was said, because of the
bureaus interest In getting the Ii.
cense plates distributed before the
beginning Of the new year. Capt. M.
M. Barnard. superintendent of penal
institutions, has assured the Commits
sioners that the entire supply Of tags
would be delivered before January /,
Out MI. DEOWH dIu Ills ASSlStdtllS GA
pressed the belief that something pos
sibiy could be done to expedite de-
livery. &
The tags are being manufactured
at the District Reformatory in Lor.
ton. Va. by prison labor. Specifica.
tions for the machinery and other
eauipping Of the tag manufacturing
plant were drawn with the co-opera.
ton of the Efficiency Bureau. and for
this reason Mr.. Brown is especially
DESTROYS Of having the tags delivered
In sufficient quantity to meet the de.
mand before the beginning Of 1928.