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Fund Shortage
Delays Shift Of
More Agencies
Plans to Transfer z
Offices to Peorio, ILL.,,
Are Abandoned

Designation of additional Gov
eminent agencies for removal
from Washington is being held up
until money is available to clinci.
the leases on space for them in
other cities.
Another decentralization devei-
opment was the disclosure yeStef-
day that plans for removal of parts
of two Agriculture Department
bureaus to Peoria, ILL.,, has neen
given up. Another city is being
sought for them.
The Budget Bureau, which is
making plans for decentralizing
Government agencies, was to have
announced arrangements for NOV
ing two or three additional Or
CARNATIONS last week. Sam r.
Broadbent, Budget Bureau Of
fetal, said that while Office space
for these agencies is available LII
other cities, there is no money
available for leases and it was
doubtful the space still would be
obtainable later.
More Space May Be Available.
The agencies in question would
be in addition to those with $3.50
positions already announced for
removal from the Capital.
Mr.. Broadbent said, however, it
Is believed that additional Office
space will become available as the
defense program expands and
civilian activities are cut back.
The supplemental appropria-
ton request sent to the House last
week by the administration in
cludeS So million for rent and
alterations of Office space in other
cities. This is expected to pro-
vide for the civilian agencies with
1884 jobs planned for removal
in. a years time.
The appropriation request, which
totals $40 million, also includes
So million for the removal of
equipment with the agencies.
81 Million for Furniture.
An additional 81 million would
be provided for the purchase of
Office furniture. The General
Services Administration, which is
to have the job of moving and
housing the agencies, has ex-
planned that it would be extrava-
CANT to move furniture from
Washington and then have to buy
more for expanding defense agen-
cies here.
The remainder of the $40 mil
lion total would provide the
funds for moving employees, their
dependents and their household
goods.
The two Agriculture Depart
ment bureaus affected by the
change in plans to move to Pc
oria are the fiscal unit of the
Bureau of Animal Industry and
the dairy herd improvement unit
of the Dairy Industry Bureau. The
move was to apply to 100 posi-
tons in the former bureau and
IS in the latter.
Peoria Housing Inadequate.
A department spokesman said
yesterday that while Office space
in Peoria is available, it was found
that housing for employees was
short and that manpower short
age there would make it impossible
to recruit requirements for present
employees who refuse to leave
Washington.
Mackey w. White, chief of the
departments real estate division,
went to Peoria to investigate con-
ditions and gave negative reports
on the two conditions.
Another city is being sought
now for the units. Raleigh, N. C
and Spartanburg, S. c., were men,
toned as alternate sites, "or any
city within 700 or 800 miles"
Meanwhile the dispersal bill
to move agencies with 10000 en-
ployes into the Washington sub
urbs-is expected to be taken up
again this week by the Senate
Public Works Committee. That
committee is expected to report
out the bill but whether it pro-
vides for six sites for the dispersed
agencies or fewer, still is unde-
cided.