Evening star., 1932-01-12
COMMERCE STAFF
SETS MOVING MARK.
Practically All Personnel Now
in New Building After
Ten Days.

After 10 days of moving. practically
the entire Department of Commerce is
housed in its new home. and this rapid
ity was characterized today by Karl j.
Hardy, secretary of the Public Buildings
Commission, as record.
Thousands Of steel cases containing
valuable patents will be moved into the
new building by Government personnel,
but Mr.. Hardy expects that this tedious
work will take two or three months.
The plan now is to move the Civil Serv-
ice Commission, located at 1924 F street,
into the Patent ONCE Building, Ninth
and F streets.
Whether this can be done while the
steel cases are being moved out is yet
to be determined. In addition to 1724
F street, the Civil Service Commission
occupies space in 1928 and l725 F street.
Likewise, it has storage in Temporary
Building No. l at Eighteenth and D
streets. where examination rooms are
maintained. but it is expected that these
examination rooms will be retained by
the commission after it moves to the
Patent once Building.
Few Gases Left to Move.
Mr., Hardy pointed out that only the
Coast and Geodetic Survey and Patent
ONCE steel cases remain to be moved
into the new Commerce Building. The
bulk of the personnel Of the Patent o.
fee is now in its new home, he SAID.
All the moving contractors have COM
pleted their work as far as they can go
at present, the secretary OF the Build
ings' Commission asserted.
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scheduled for a later date. but in view
of the rapidity of the movement of the
other unit Of the Department Of Com
merce the transfer was moved forward.
Mr.. Hardy said that 1t would inter-
est patent attorneys here particularly to
know that the patent search room is
still being maintained at the old build
ing. as the first and second floors in the
north wing Of the new Department OF
Commerce Building are not ready, out
are expected to be by Saturday. Be
ginning Saturday night, Mr.. Hardy said
that he expects to move the division OF
trade marks, the financial clerk, the
appointment division and the applica-
ton division of the Patent Once to the
first and second floors of the new build
ing.
Building May Be Released.
The Federal Government may be in
a position to release the Civil Service
Commission Building. for which Uncle
Sam pays an annual rental Of s24,5s2.
The Veterans Administration has
rented a garage at Kansas avenue and
Upshur street, comprising $4,000 square
feet. and into this its files from the sub
basement and second Subbasement are
being moved. Into the vacated space in
the Arlington Building Vermont avenue
and H street. material is being Roveo
from the fourth floor. Units OF the
Veterans Administration are being
moved from the Interior Department
Building into the fourth floor OF the
Arlington Building.
Oficials Of the Veterans Administra-
ton, which is still in need OF additional
space, are hopeful Of securing one OF
the adjacent buildings near the Airing
ton Building for expansion. Appraisals
have been made on the Belasco Theater.
the Cosmos Club and the wilkins Build
ing, and plans for their prospective pur-
chase are now in the hands OF the
Treasury Department.