Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10

go on the site now occupied by the
Potomac Electric Power Co. at Four
tenth and B streets, and also the Inter-
state Commerce Building, which is 10
be q twin to the Department of Labor.
and will extend eastward along 3 street,
and William A. Delano of New York,
who has developed, plans for what is
known as the Independent Offices
Building. to be located between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets, B street and
Pennsylvania avenue.
Shape to Be Peculiar.
This building will be of peculiar shape,
convex on the east and west fronts,
facing on the great plaza on the west,
looking toward the Department of Com
merce, and facing on the great circle
on the east, looking toward the In
ternal Revenue Building. which is now
nearing completion, south Of the Post
once Department.
Mr.. Simon. who is superintendent Of
the architectural division of the ONCE
of supervising architect of the Treasury
Department has brought back from
how the countries of the Old World
house their public records.
Mr.. Simon visited London, Paris,
Vienna, Dresden, Berlin and The Hague.
The Archives Building presents pecu-
liar problems to the American Gov
eminent, which have never before been
faced here and which have stirred up
many issues. These groups Of gov
eminent officials have never before had
to relinquish control over their historic
files, and the question as to how they
shall release control and what control
shall be established in the new archives
has been puzEling to all concerned.
Mr.. Simon said he found In Europe
that virtually all Of the archives or
CARNATIONS emphasized the need of q
centralized control point through which
all documents are received and through
which they go out. The responsible
head OF each archives organization in
Europe, Mr. Simon said, knows just
what is in the archives, where 1t Is and
what has been loaned out.
Another practice quite generally OBJ
served, Mr.. Simon said, was the fixing
Of certain date for the release Of ON
Mr.. Simon explained. the public could
have access to the records; later than
that date the records were closed to
the public generally.
selective use of certain outside
archives is allowed, in some instances
to persons outside the government.
British Office Is Interesting.
One of the most interesting forms of
archives, Mr.. Simon said, he found IN
the public records ONCE of the British
Empire.
Under the jurisdiction of the Master
of the Rolls, head of this organization,
comes another offlcer known as the
Deputy Keeper of the Public Records"
One OF the great problems of this once,
Mr. Simons pointed out.was to see that
the archives building was not cluttered
up with unneeded documents.
The British plan, he explained, calls
for . periodic examination OF all docu-
ments, which the departments Of gov.
eminent feel could be destroyed.
Filing space In all archives Is, Of
course, strictly limited, Mr.. Simon re-
ported, and regulations Of various kinds
are set up to govern the admissibility OF
material.
The newest building In Europe for
archives purposes. Mr. Simon found at
Dahlen, a suburb OF Berlin; while the
oldest, he said, was the Archives Ma
tionales" of Paris
In designing the archives building for
the American Government. Mr.. Simon
that prime factor would
be to give the new building here ade-
quate capacity, to avoid congestion as
much as possible, especially ct the