Evening star., 1939-01-07
Civil Aeronauti(5
Authority Spreading
To Two Structures
Newest Fost-Growinq
Agency Still to Lack
$4,000 Squore Feet

The Civil Aeronautics Authority,
newest and one of the fastest grow
ing of New Deal alphabetical agen-
cies, which now occupies space in
six buildings, is about to move into
two more structures and still re-
quires at least $1,000 square feet
of additional space to handle the
increasing food of civil aviation
business.
Housing difficulties of the C. A,
A.. created last August, are result
ing in increasing pressure for COM
pletion of the proposed great ma
tional aviation center at the WASH
ington National Airport, Gravelly
Point. Present plans contemplate
great building or group of build
ings there to house the C. A. A.
after the fashion of the great air
centers at European airports, which
the Washington National Airport is
intended to rival.
The Procurement Division of the
Treasury Department, fifth Fed
eral agency to join in planning for
the Gravelly Point airport and avia-
tion center project, now is COM
pleting preliminary plans for the
building area at the airport, in
Guiding home for the C. A. A.
The c. A. A.. created under the
Civil Aeronautics Act of 1888, alb
Sorbed the Bureau of Air Commerce
of the Commerce Department and
the Air Mail Division of the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
Occupy Bureaus Space.
Members of the authority. their
STATS, the Air Safety Board and
heads of several of the authority
divisions now occupy in the Com
merce Department the space for
merly allocated to the Bureau of
Air Commerce.
The Economic Division. formerly
the Air Mail Division of the I. C. c..
is housed in the l. C. c. Building
in its old quarters, according to the
authority's organiza ton chart.
The large Horner Building, 1915
Fourteenth street NV, has been
taken over, remodeled and is occu-
pied by the Airways Engineering
Division and Airways Operating
Division. This building provided
26, 300 square feet of floor space.
The Garfinckel Annex at Four
teenth and G streets NV was
taken over by the Technical De-
velopment Division of the c. A. A.
The Investigation and Recon-
mendations Division of the Air Safe
ty Board has been moved into Of
fees in the Earle Building, Thir-
teenth and E streets NV. and it
is probable other units will follow
it there
The new wall paper" building at
1900 street NV. has been occupied
by the Certificates and Inspection
Division.
Former night club facilities in the
building at No. l Thomas Circle
NV. are about to be taken over
by the Photographic and photostatic
laboratories of the authority, which
will occupy about 5000 square feet
of space.
Arrangements have Just been COM
pleted for the occupancy of 5000
square feet of space at 1919 H street
NV. and negotiations are in process
for at least one more building.
Oficials of the c. A. A. make no
secret of the fact that the necessity
for breaking the organization up
into units and scattering them about
the downtown section of the city
has created serious administrative
difficulties and occasions inevitable
delays in carrying on business.
1t is believed that every effort
will be made to solve the authori-
tvs housing difficulties by hurry
ing up construction of the proposed
building at Washington National
Airport, which it is believed will
cost approximately $2,0O0.00o Test
borings for the structure now are
being made close to the Mount Yer
non Memorial highway. near the
center Of the Gravelly Point Airport
site.