Evening star., 1941-08-31
Two More u. 5. Units
Prepare 10 Leave
District This Month
Three Have Been Shifted
Already in Federal
Decentralization

Three small Government units al
ready have been moved out of
Washington in the decentralization
program, and two more are prepar-
ing to go late in September-the
Home Owners Loan Corp. and the
Eastern branch Office of the Fed
eral Crop Insurance Corp.
Officials said yesterday plans for
decentralizing further agencies or
units awaited a solution of the
controversy over the new War De-
partment building site.
THE War Department project
will have a very material effect on
the whole program of housing the
defense-crowded Government per-
sonnel in office space" said one off,
cial. I'VE will have to wait for q
solution Of this before making any
more definite plans for further de-
centralization."
The first organization to move
out of the city was the Grazing Serv-
ice of the Interior Department,
which took 73 people to Salt Lake
City several weeks ago.
Other Units Go.
The next small unit to be decen-
tralized was the field Office for the
southeastern region of the Investi-
cation Section, Farm Security Ad-
ministration. That took 18 people
to Richmond from their offices here
in the Barr Building, 910 Seven
teenth street NV.
Another small group of IL clerks
and two Army officers handling pur-
chase of Army equipment was trans
ferred to New York.
Announcement was made yester-
day by the Agriculture Department
that plans are being completed to
transfer the Eastern Branch Office
of the Federal Crop Insurance Corp.
from its Offices at 1928 New York
avenue NV. to Richmond between
September 25 and 80. The transfer
will affect about 20 employees in
Guiding V. P. O'Reilly, branch man
ager.
The largest group to be decentral-
lied, as announced many weeks ago,
will be the Home Owners Loan
Corp. which is completing plans to
transfer most of its employees from
its Washington headquarters to New
York City after September IS.
ii. o. L. c. Undecided.
The H. o. L. c. has not yet finally
decided how many of its people will
go, as some have insisted on re-
naming here and have been trans
ferred to other agencies. From the
Civil Service list of federal people
who want to 60 to New York, the
H o. L. C. is recruiting some from
other agencies, for transfer to New
York, and breaking them in on their
new work
Originally it was expected about
1000 people would be transferred,
but the number has been reduced
along with the gradual reduction
in the H. o. L. c. force. Whereas
this organization at its peak had
about $4,000 employees, with a vast
chain of State and regional offices,
it now has only about 7,700 en-
ployes, with only II State and 10
regional offices. The exact num-
Der of people to be moved to New
York has not yet been fixed, but
it is now expected to be nearer 800
than 1000.
Many employees of affiliated
corporations and agencies and some
units of the H. o. L. c. itself will
remain here. Among those re-
manning will be about 152 en-
ployes of the Federal Home Loan
Bank System; 38 employees of the
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance
Corp, the public relations unit
serving all these agencies and some
other groups.
No decision has been made as
to disposition of the space to be
vacated by the H. o. L. C.