Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-01-17
Federal Moves
|n,Late Spring
Affect 5000
$4,000 Square Feet
Of Office Space
Will Be Released
By Rudolph Kouffmonn II

8 to 10 buildings, which the Federal
Government rents in Washington
will be released by late spring, ac-
cording to schedule announced to-
day by Public Buildings Commits
sioner w. E. Reynolds.
The shifts would reduce the
amount Of Office space occupied by
the Government by more than
$4,000 square feet and affect 5000
Federal employees, in a series of nine
shifts.
Mr.. Reynolds said, however, he
did not know yet what buildings
would be released. All the moves
are planned to take place by late
spring.
The shifts involve the Civilian
Production Administration, War As
sets Administration, Office of War
Mobilization and Reconversion and
Office of Price Administration, all
now being consolidated into the Of
flee of Temporary Controls; the
Public Health Service, the Atomic
Energy Commission, the Joint Chiefs
Of Staff, the Federal Security Agency
and the Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation.
First News of Dates.
Some Of the moves have been an
ticipated, but heretofore the square
footages and moving dates have been
kept largely confidential
The largest single space-saving
move involves the OPA. Certainly
by the end of the fiscal year, and
probably considerably sooner, it is to
give up, the 5000 square feet of
space it. now occupies in Federal
Office Building No. l at Third and
D streets S.W., and move into 160,-
900 square feet of space in Tenn
porary Office Building No. 4, along
Seventeenth street NV. south of
Constitution avenue.
This move will allow the Federal
Bureau of Investigation to relinquish
the District Armory, where it is
holding down 100000 square feet,
and go to F. O. B. No. l.
Other Changes Prepared.
Other moves in the program are:
The Public Health Service will go
from its prewar building at Nine
tenth street and Constitution ave-
nue. NV. to the Social Sechrity and
Railroad Retirement Buildings be-
tween February l and Is. There it
will occupy $4,000 square feet of
space, the same amount it now has. |
The Atomic Energy Commission
will move some time in February or
March from its 10000 square feet in
the new War Department Building
at Twenty-first street and Virginia
avenue to the $4,000 square feet
vacated by the Public Health Service
OWMR will move from 10000
square feet of space in scattered
buildings to 10000 square feet In
Temporary Building K south Of the
Rejecting Pool
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, who nowf
hold 100000 square feet in the new
War Department Building at Twen-
ey-first street and Virginia avenue
NV, will move to $4,000 square feet
in Temporary Building No. 8, along
Seventeenth street south of Consti-
tuition avenue, between February Is
and March Is.
CPA to Reduce Space.
CPA will move from 264 900 square
feet in the Social Security Building
to 100000 square feet in Temporary
Buildings j and I. south of the Re-
fecting Pool, during February and
March.
Into the Social Security Building
will go the Federal Security Agency
now using 255 5000 square feet in
scattered buildings. It's space will
be increased to 100000 square feet
in the process.
BY the end of this month CPA
will drop some 10000 in the Social
Security Building and WAA will
drop 10000 square feet in the Rail-
road Retirement Building through
consultations made possible by re-
duction in staff.
Mr.. Reynolds explained that the
moves planned would not be affect
ed much one way or thH other by
whether the State Department goes
into the new War Department
Building.
MarshalPs Views Awaited.
This decision must await the views
of Gen. George C. Marshall, he said
The reason for this, he ex-
planned, is that the Budget Bureau
will move from scattered buildings
into the old State Department
Building if Gen. Marshall likes the
idea of moving to the war building.
Or, if he decides to stay in the Old
State Department Building, the
Budget Bureau will get what State
would have got in the war building
if it had moved and State would
have to satisfy itself with the scat
tered buildings now occupied by the
Budget Bureau.
He said the plan to clear the new
war building is going ahead on
schedule for this reason.
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