Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23

| offices average more than 100 per day.
! The commission was unanimous, he
said, In desiring to have the first ex-
ample of the principle of consolida-
| ton in Paris, where the benefits and
| conveniences of a buSineSslike organi-
zation would be enjoyed by the greatest
possible number of American citizens.
At the consulate general alone there
is a daily average of 600 callers during
the height of the tourist season.
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NrTHE Place de la Concorde," said
Chairman Porter in report just
compiled. has been an open center for
a hundred years and will be so perpetu-
ated for hundreds of years to come,
since the Partisan authorities are alert
to protect the open parks and the sky
line of Paris from modernized building
and structural encroachments. For eX-
ample, on the very piece bought by our
Government there is the requirement
that our building shall not exceed
certain height and that it shall gen.
erally conform to the original plan of
the great French architect, Ange-
Jacques Gabriel, who designed, in the
time of Louis XIV, the facades now
standing on the north side of this
square"
Representative Porter points out that
1t is no novelty for this country to
follow the plans of distinguished
Frenchmen, citing the precedent set by
George Washington when he intrusted
the design of the City of washington
to Maj. L'Enfant.
1--WE are still following the L'Enfant
plan In the Identification of our Capital
with the new Federal buildings to be
constructed for the Department OF
Commerce, Justice and other new build
ings to be constructed under the $780,
100000 authorization approved in the
| first session of the Sixty-ninth Con-
gress." Chairman Porter continued.
The building which now stands on
| the site bought by this Government IN
Paris is not of the Gabriel style. Ihe
United States Foreign Service Build
ing Commission, in the proposed Amer
lean building. will carry out CARRIERS
ideas, and thereby complete the Place
| de la Concorde.
While in Paris Mr. Porter called on
the supervising architects OF the CITY
and was assured they would help III
every way to enable the American Gov
eminent to carry out its intention OF
building on the Place de la Concorde
IT
This was very gratifying to me. )" the
chairman of the building commission
reported upon his return, "as some
American editorials had expressed sur
prise that the French would be willing
to allow us to have such prominent
corner on a square enriched by French
national history 1t looks out directly
on the monuments to Alsace and Lor-
raine."
When Congress was drafting the for
eign building legislation, it was shown
that at that time there were IA agen-
cies of this Government in Paris hous-
ed in eight separate places. and In Lon
don at the same time, there were 10
American agencies in six locations.
Similar housing problems existed in
other cities in various parts OF the
world.
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CHANGHAI, CHINA, is another port
~ where Uncle Sam soon will erect
spacious structure to house various
Governmental activities, including naval,
public health and shipping board rep
resentatives and the registrar OF the
China trade act. The sum of $75O,0OO
has been allocated for the demolition
of the existing building and erection