Evening star., 1934-03-27
FEDERAL OFFICES
MOVING T0bEG|N
Bureau of Reclamation to
Occupy Post Office Build
ing Sunday.

A series OF moves OF Government
Offices into the new Post once De-
partment Building-of interest to
thousands of Government workers
will be inaugurated Sunday. when the
Bureau Of Reclamation of the In
terror Department Is transferred to
new quarters.
During April half a dozen Govern
ment agencies, in addition to the Post
once Department, will occupy the
newly completed structure. The Di-
vision of Government Space Control
will handle all the moves with its
own force. with the exception Of the
Federal Radio Commission, which will
supply its own moving facilities.
Harold A. Candland, chief of the
of Government space con-
troll, a unit Of the Interior Depart
ment, explained there is such great
need for expansion Of space in many
quarters of the Government, that it
is essential that the new Post Office
Building be occupied
during April.
Other Moving Dates.
The Bureau of Reclamation will be-
gin its move on Easter Sunday, COM
pleting it two days later.
The ONCE Of Indian Affairs will
start to move a week from tomor-
row, ending three days later. To
expedite this shift, q l6-hour day
will be worked by the moving forces.
The Home Loan Bank Board will
start its trek into new quarters a week
from Saturday, ending the day fol-
lowing. Here, too, the l6-hour day
will be In order.
The Emergency Conservation Work,
which supervises the Civilian Con-
servation Corps, under direction OF
Robert Fechner, will begin its transfer
from one Of the temporary buildings
on April 10. This will occupy one
day.
viii Save $4,000.
The files of the general accounting
office will be transferred into the new
building from a rented garage at
Twenty-hrst and L streets, beginning
April 13. Candland said it is ex-
pected that moving Of the files will
consume the remainder of the month.
BY this transfer, the Federal Gov
ernment will save a rent bill annually
Of 49,, 1896.
On April Is. it is planned to begin
moving the Post Office Department
from its old habita ton into the new
building, Candland explained, al
though this date is not definite.
April 20 has been set as the tenta-
tive date for the move Of the Federal
Radio Commission, out of the Archi-
tect's Building, at Eighteenth and E
streets.
"a Incidental Moves.
Sandwiched in with these main
moves will be a number Of incidental
moves to utilize the vacated space
Prominent among these will be the
transfer of the Shipping Board from
the Navy Building to the new Depart
ment Of Commerce Building into
space released by the Home Loan
Bank Board. The vacated space in
the Navy Building will be occupied by
a number Of organizations now housed
in temporary buildings in that vicinity
Many naval activities are now housed
In the temporary structures.
When the old Post Once Depart
ment Building is vacated the divi-
sion OF Government space control
will have it cleaned up. 1t will then
be occupied by organizations now in
rented quarters or in congested ofices
Although the Public Works Admins
tration has given funds for the con-
struction Of a new unit of the Bureau
OF Internal Revenue, this building
will not encroach upon the site Of the
old Post once Department, which is
ultimately to be torn down. For the
present, however, 1t will continue to
house Government agencies, so that a
number of temporary structures may
be demolished and the Government
saved thousands Of dollars In its an.
nual rent bill.