Evening star., 1930-06-08
u. S. OFFICES MAKE
/. !: !: EXTENSIVE MOVES
a.
Transfer of Offices to Rev.
!! enue Building Results in
j.
General Shuttle.

Es A new shuf1e In the housing oi
'ikArious activities of the Federal Gov
eminent is now under way, In keep
ing with the program of occupying
the new Bureau of Internal Revenue
Fat Tenth and B streets, and providing
stor Identification of the public domain
here.
q The walker-Johnson Building on
New York avenue, near Eighteenth
street, Is now practically empty, as q
result Of the evacuation OF Internal
Revenue units into their new home
Into this building, about June 16, will
move the general staff Of the Army
and its various divisions, with the ex-
ception Of the chief of staff and his
aides. The war plans sections, housed
in the Barr Building, 910 Seventeenth
street, will move into the Walker
johnson Building.
Into the same building, also, will
move the personnel of the inspector
general. the judge advocate general
and the chief of chaplains Of the Army.
The Federal Reserve Board will be
moved from the Otis Building, near
Eighteenth and H streets, to Treas
ury annex No. l, The Bureau of Pub
lie Roads will move from 1418-20
Pennsylvania avenue to 1900 e street.
sc Radio Offices to Press Club.
The Federal Radio Commission, now
g9n the Interior Department Building,
and the radio division of the Depart
ment Of Commerce, which is also housed
there, will be moved, about July /, to
quarters being vacated tonight by
kthe Bureau of Internal Revenue. in
the National Press Club Building. The
Bureau of Home Economics of the De-
,partment of Agriculture will move from
the Government Hotels in Union Sta
.tion Plaza into the Earle Building, at
Thirteenth and E streets, about the be-
ginning of the coming fiscal year.
The Organized Reserves are to. move
from the oxford Hotel, at Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania avenue, to the walker
johnson Building. The supervising
architects ONCE of the Treasury De-
partment will move from the Albee
Building at Fifteenth and G streets to
1900 street.
- The Board of Tax Appeals has moved
sout of the Earle Building into the sec
fond floor OF the new Bureau Of Inter-
snal Revenue Building. BY Tuesday, the
fGeneral Counsers ONCE Is expected In
the new bureau.
5 About 800 persons already have been
Snoved from different buildings into the
enew Internal Revenue Building and
The transfer tonight, when workmen
begin moving furniture and equipment
kof the Internal Revenue Bureau out Of
the National Press Building will take
about 1900 more.
Move Postponed.
It had been planned to start this
move last night, but on account of less
krafhc congestion on the streets Sunday
might, it was agreed to postpone the
anove one more night.
- 10 Ayx&
"wednesday when a daytime shift will
begin to move about 400 persons and
Rheir equipment from what Is known
ms temporary building G at Seventh
and B streets southwest to the new
revenue building
Another part of the Internal Revenue
Bureau win be moved from q building
at 462 = Louisiana avenue beginning
about July /. There are about 10 In
EhiS location. A large number OF per
sons .still remain In what Is known as
Annex No. at the corner of Penn
Sylvania avenue and Madison place. It
Is expected to move them during the
period between June % and July IA.
4 The Court Of Customs and Patent
Appeals will be moved late this month
from Its quarters at Fifteenth and New
York avenue.
Although there are only about 800
Expected that q total Of about 1000
ikventually viii be transferred to ID
within the next two months.
Emptying Of many Government
.6wned structures win leave space to
which other activities may be trans
eerred. For instance. 1t Is planned to
move into annex No. the Coast Guard
which Is now quartered at Fourteenth
and e streets In a building to be torn
Mown to make way for park. Into
annex No. I also will be moved the
Solicitor of the Treasury, who is now In
the Walker johnson Building.
Collector to Move.
Out Of the triangle of buildings along
Pennsylvania avenue to be torn down
deputy collector Of internal revenue
who receives Federal taxes from Wash
He is now stationed at 1922 Pennsyl-
Sania avenue.
Department Of Agriculture activities
Are scheduled to move soon out Of the
Did administration building on the Mall
into the new administration building,
recently completed on B street south
west, near Fourteenth street. The
entymoiogy and insectory sections, next
to the old administration building,
which is to be torn down under the
Identification program, are to be moved
as are 1304-6 B street southwest, 1916
y street southwest, 210 Eleventh street
Southwest to temporary building G,
These latter buildings are to be de-
srDktshed TO make way for the new Elk
kehSible Building Of the Department OF
agriculture.