The Washington times., 1935-08-23
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By J. EARLE MOSER


Every official and clerk at Gen.
eral Accounting Office is opti.
mistic over plans for rejuvenating
the old Pension office Building in
Judiciary Square, that now houses
the bulk of Comptroller General
McCarl'S regiment of accountants,
auditors, file searchers and comp
tometer operators.
Although it is almost certain
that the Pension Building will be
remodeled rather than replaced
because replacement would mean
G. A. O.'S entire removal to some
other site for a lengthy period
theer has been no official choice
made, as yet. of several plans
that would fit nicely under the
$4,7O0,O0O deficiency bill grant.
The favored plan, however, and
the one most likely to be adopted,
would change the present un.
calmly pile of red brick into as
modern a structure as Washing
ton can boast.
Only the Supreme Court Build
ing, or Federal Archives new
home, would compete with G. A.
o. in sheer beauty if plan B."
drawn up by Henry DeSlbour'
local architect, is adopted.
The plan would attach two new
wings, cover the building WIN
marble facing, add two additional
floors, provide a basement and
subbasement for file space, and
even produces some parking faclll-
ties for workers-badly needed at
present. The six gigantic center
pillars, mentioned in Sunday
Feature" stories for several dec.
AIDES, would disappear in favor OF
three blocks of office rooms that
would be built right through the
immense court that now holds 500
workers on the ground floor. Ven
tilation courts are planned IN be-
tween.
Accounting Office officials es-
innate that the present capacity
of 1900 would be raised to about
$500 employees with the addition
of the wings. Treasury'S procure
ment division is now mulling over
details and preparing to ask bids
on the work, but actual action IS
not expected for six or eight
months.
In view of the complete defeat
suffered by the leave bills at this
session of Congress via objection
of Senator Mcclellan. members OF
the District Department are hop
ing that Chairman Ramspeck, OF
the House Civil Service Commit
tee, who wrote the bills. will be
able to accept their invitation to
speak at their meeting tonight,
scheduled for 8 o'clock at the
Hamilton Hotel.
Should he attend, it is expected
Representative RamSpeck Will
touch on the future Of the meas
ures at the next session of Con-
gress. in January.
Several minor constitutional
changes are planned for the meet
ing, although from past history
it is impossible to predict what ex-
plosions will break out between
various delegates with varied in
terestS.
Samuel Robinson, FILA mail
clerk, is to have the proud faith
err role tonight at the dance
scheduled by employees of the
agency for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
air-cooled ballroom. D a ug h ter
Helen. aged six. is to provide en-
tertainment with a series of spe-
cialty dances during intermission.
Young Miss Robinson, blue
eyed blonde, is talented singer as
we'll as tap dancer and performs
each Saturday over the radio.
Born in Detroit. she has been &C
tive in stage affairs since her Sec
ond year, and is scheduled for a
screen test in New York during
the autumn.
And Twelve Months Ago-Labor
Department statistics revealed
that living costs would rise IS per
cent within a year the Comp
troller General was expected to
decide whether John L. Donovan
would get the salary denied him
while ousted from NRA labor