Evening star., 1942-01-24
200. ] Request. 1 /! I IS ! |. ]. !. .
Patent Office
Transfers !.
State Quota Ruling
Asked o. yiFgininns
Filling Noeoncie,

Since the 1nnouneement that the
Patent Once viii b. split up be-
tween washington and Richmond
and . major portion OF the per-
sorlnel moved to the latter city,
approximately 200 employees have
requested permission TO transfer to
other Federal agencies, Leslie Fra
zer. first assistant commissioner Of
patents, disclosed today.
About halt Of the requests for
transfer. have been approved, he
said. we have approved AL re-
quests where the change, TO- Rich
naond would be = ;herdxhip To the
indisdeuai, rather than m incon-
venisnes,s Mr.. Fraser explained.
Approximately i,i0e, wosksrs are
Affected by the SHIFT Of many se-
tivities Of the Patent Once under
the decentralization program. To
take The. places Of those transferred
to other agencies, the Patent Once
Etll need about 100 new employees.
- Several Hundred Apply. :
So;far It has received several hum
dred applications for positions in
the Richmond ONCE from men and
women living In Virginia:
All the vacancies could thus be
Alled in Richmond, IL the Civil
Service Commission valves the State
quota requirements Of the appor-
tionment law. governing the hiring
Of Govsrnment employees, 1t was
pointed out today. e.
Representatives OF the Patsnt Of
nee and other agencies to be moved
from Warrington discussed the ap-
portionment problem With officials
Of the Civil Service Commission at
= meeting several days ago. The
commission L. expected to make .
decision next week Is to whether
Or not the apportionment rules are
to apply to the employment Of new
personnel by agencies shifted from
Warrington. a. t.
Some Applications Approved.
The Patent Once has approved
about 40 requests for assignment to
Richmond from employees IN other
Federal agencies who are the wives,
husbands, sons or daughters Of
Patent once employees listed fol
removal to Richmond.
Present vacancies in the Rich
mond staf, Commissioner Fraser
said, include about IS Steno4ra- =
piers and IS messengers.
OF the 100 Patent Once examin-
ers, about 20 have requested trans
fer. Only 10 have been approved.
Though the Export Leaf Tobacco
Building in Richmond u not ex-
pected to be ready for complete oe-
cupancy untl early In February, the
move Of Patent Once personnel to
the Virginia capital viii begin on
January 81, ofheials said today.
Fssr q. 8. h. A. Units T. Go.
To provide additional space for ex-
pancing war agencies here. four re-
gional omees Of the United States
Housing Administration Will Be
moved from Washington In the near
future. Baird Snyder, acting red.
eral Works Administrator, an
nounced yesterday. The shift will
involve between $50. and 500 EN-
ployes.
Regional Offices will be established
as follows: Regionl, New England,
in Boston; Region 2, New York, New
Jersey and Fennsylvania, Ia New
York: Region I. Southeastern, tn
Atlanta: Region 5, Midwestern. in
Chicago.
Regional alf,ces were establisted
earlier IN San Francisco and Fort
Worth. The ONCE for Region !, eoy-
ering the Middle Atlantic States.
win remain in Washington, with
approximately loo employees.
Though no exact date has been
set. the removal Of the four regional
ofnees covered by yesterdays order
win be effected Is soon rs possible.
The Public Buildings Admtnistra alton
Is now making arrangements for
once space In the four cities.