Evening star., 1938-08-24
EXPANSION NEEDS
SHIFT j. S. UNITS
Moving Day to Affect Parks
Office Division, T. V. A.
and Others.

Because OF the need for additional
space for expanding Federal activities
in Washington. moving day has arrived
for a number of governmental agencies
here. according to the National Park
Service
Increased needs of the Public Works
Administration and the United States
Housing Authority, now occupying a
large part of the north Interior De-
partment Building. have been respon-
sible for many shifts OF Offices and
equipment.
Among the agencies involved in
moves to new quarters are the equip
ment division OF the National Park
Service. construction division of the
Indian Ofhce; vocational Office of the
Office OF Education: Travel Bureau
and soil mechanics laboratory of the
National Park Service: Tennessee VAL
ley Authority: Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority. and files OF the Veterans Ad-
ministration and General Accounting
Office.
Shifts Determined
To provide the P. w. A. and U. S.
H. A. with 10000 square feet of addi-
tional space in the north Interior
Building, the National Park Service.
through Clay j. Guthridge. chief of
the division of space control, has made
the following moves:
Equipment division of the National
Park Service to the Transportation
building. Seventeenth and H streets
NV, construction division OF the In
dian Ofice and the vocational Office
of the Office OF Education to the Nc
Gill Building, 906 G street NV:
Travel Bureau and soil mechanics lab
oratory OF the National Park Service
to 1902 F street N W.. and the Tennes-
see Valley Authority to the Woodward
Building. Fifteenth and H streets NV.
The building at 1902 F. street has
been remodeled to conform to COM
Portable housing requirements and
local fire regulations and the agencies
to occupy it will move within few
days it was announced.
The new Civil Aeronautics Author
ity. now occupying the space of the
Bureau of Air Commerce in the Com
merce Depa rtment. has been given an
additional 10000 square feet of space
for expansion purposes in the two
story Garfinckel Annex, Fourteenth
and G streets NV.
Old files in the north Interior. Vet
Grams Administration and General Ac-
counting Office buildings will be stored
in rented garages and other space in
various sections of the city.
Veteran Papers to Fill Garage.
The Veterans Administration files
will fill an entire garage leased by the
Government at 1920 M street NV.
The second and third floors Of another
garage at 1701 Kalorama road NV.
have been taken over for the expanded
files of the P. w. A. and General Ac-
counting Offlce now occupying build
ings at the rear of 2400 Sixteenth
street and 170O-l724 Kalorama road
NV. The first floor of 1901 Kalorama
road will be occupied after September
! by the G. A. o. for storage of files
and other material now occupying
crowded rooms and corridors in the
old Patent Office and General Land
Office buildings. occupied by the Civil
Service Commission and the Tarih
Commission. This move will provide
badly needed space for these commits
sions in their own buildings.
A building at 801 E street NV
recently remodeed and containing
10000 square feet of space, again has
been leased by the Government for
expansion of the United States EN-
ployes Compensation Commission, now
located in the Tariff Commission
building. the McGill building, the top
floor of the Darby building, 905 E
street NV. and at 425 Seventh street
NV
The second floor at sos K street
NV, containing 5000 square feet of
space and the second and third floors
at 800 E street NV. containing $500
square feet, have been leased for the
United States Employment Service,
Department of Labor, and will be used
for the District of Columbia Employ
ment Office and for expansion of ex-
isting general employment service
Offices.