Evening star., 1945-11-18
Reduction in Foreign Agencies
OFFERS Scont Relief in Housing

IS; Spain, which will add few, q
spokesman said, and Guatemala.
I'VE have eight employees now
and two more clerks are arriving
next week." said Ambassador Jorge
Garcia Granados.
Portugal, the survey revealed, will
make 10 desirable hotel rooms avail
able here by spring without de-
creasing the number OF its employees.
Portugal Purchases Embassy.
A spokesman for the Portuguese
Embassy explained that for num-
ber of years the embassy had occu-
pied 10 rooms in the Wardman Park
Hotel. The government has pur-
chased an embassy -chancery build
ing at 2125 Kalorama road NV,
which is now being altered, and
when this structure is available, the
10 hotel rooms will be freed.
Other information gained yester-
day by the check Of embassies and
foreign agencies:
Canada, which had 280 employees
here in the peak month. May, last
year, now has 240. This number will
be reduced eventually, but no one
could say at what rate.
The property at 2121 Massachu-
sets avenue NV, Is used to house
members of the Canadian Women's
Army Corps and may be returned to
its owner, former Undersecretary of
State Sumner Welles. within the
next six months, it was said.
Norway To Reduce STAFF.
Norway, with so employees now in
| contrast to a peak Of 10, expects its
staff to dwindle slightly during the
next few months. A private home
at 3409 Fulton street NV, which
that government purchased, Is now
for sale.
| Mexico, reporting the number OF
its employees here fell off from 63 to
80, doesn't expect to reduce its staff
substantially below that number.
The Bolivian government, which
now has Office space in the Invest
ment Building, will retain it for at
| least year. That government also
has Offices at 2l34 Leroy place NV,
and a spokesman said 1t will con-
tinue to be used.
The Belgian Economic Mission
occupies It'll and 1780 Massachu-
sets avenue NV, and has no plans
to give up the properties.
Australia to Hold Property.
The Australian Purchasing Com
mission expects to continue using
the property at 1700 Massachusetts,
avenue NV. a spokesman said.
Many nations reported slight
changes in the size Of their diplo-
matte STATS during the war and
said they do not now expect re-
ductions
Explaining further about Federal
Government occupancy, Public
Building Administration oficial said
many persons expect buildings now
used for Federal of1lce space to be
turned back into apartment when
they are scheduled for wrecking in
stead.
! Among buildings now occupied by
Government Offices which even
tually will be torn down to give way
to improvements are the Riverside,
2145 C street NV, which originally
had 100 units; Corcoran Courts.
40l Twenty third street NV, which
had 166 units: Potomac Park, 800
Twenty-first street NV. which had
112 units; Mayfair, 2l15 c street
NV, which had 56 units. and Uni
versity Apartments, 22l0 E street
NV, which had 18 units s''''
Other former apartment buildings
now occupied by the Government
have long ago been converted into
Office buildings and, doubtlessly, the
Government source said, will remain
so.
/ These include the Rochambeau,
BIS Connecticut avenue NV, which
had "a units; Champlain, 1924 K
street NV, which had IS units:
1857 K street NV, which had 28
units; Premier, 7ls Eighteenth street
NV. which had 80 units; Portland
Hotel, 1888 Vermont avenue NV,
which had 100 rooms, and Arlington
Hotel, 1925 Vermont avenue NV :,