Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11

mid-May.
This was disclosed yesterds
in taking this writer on a
"full-mile" tour of the at
tractive big building in which
around LOO employees Of the
company are having Just about
their busiest period Of the
year right now.
In addition to the usual
food of new business and
claims to be handled, this is
tax report time for corpora
tons as well as individuals.
GEICO has to make out
around 200 different tax re-
ports for virtually all Of the
so States and many NUM-
cipalitieS as well as the Fed
eral Government, Mr.. David
son pointed out.
Preparation of GEICO's an
nual report and other year-end
activities also add to normal
operations at this time.
Occupied by GEICO
GEICO. casualty insurance
firm, has all home Office opera
tons in the new building. Gov
eminent Employees Corp. auto
finance affiliate. and its wholly
owned international Insurance
Underwriters also have offices
with about is employees each.
Government Employees Corp.
and International have main
Offices in nearby Virginia. while
Government Employees Life In
surance Corp. has headquarters
at Vermont ave-, and K st. NV.
With 276,O00 square feet of
floor space on four floors,
GEICO's new building permits
a much more efficient and COM
Portable operating procedure.
1t stands near the intersection
of Wisconsin and Western ave-
nueS.
Incoming business follows a
processing line from the mail
reception center or telephone
center through various stages
Of examination, rate determine
ton. approval and filing, some
for the full 541-foot length of
the structure.
All material makes a stop in
the data-processing center
where leased equipment costing
around 100000 of annual rents
digest it and makes it avail
able quickly in many different
forms.
MaSticates Big Ration
1 With its main section en-
closed in glass, the computing
center is a confusing maize Of |
chattering machinery and tiny
blinking lights as it masticates
It's huge daily ration of punched
information cards. ...
In As minutes it is able to
perform work which would re-
quire seven competent employees
full day to complete. In quiet
Offices nearby electronics ex-
perts work steadily on pro-
gramming to make the ma
chimes do still bigger and bet
ter job of storing and disgorg-
ing information.
Data on around 100000 pol
icyholders of GEICO and other
material are kept in more than
1000 filing cabinets in another
section of the building.
GEICO's massive mail vol
ume is handled in it's own
trucks from City Post Office
and it enters the building
through a large and we'll
stated mailing room where it
is routed smoothly to different
departments through a system
OF elevators and carrier belts.
1t has eliminated a great deal
OF inefflciency and wasted
time, Mr.. Davidson said.
However. the immaculate
and shiny furnace room prob
ably will steal the show among
stockholders and at dedication
exercises.
The big board which covers
the end of the room and has
many rows of dials and levers
also has a television screen
from which the temperature
and humidity of 100 areas of
the building can be watched
continuously and changed as
desired.
Both temperature and hu-
Nudity are especially important
in the data processing center
where any marked changes
could cause a sudden fire and
serious damage. But the con-
trolled weather also keeps en-
ployes comfortable and work
moving efficiently, Mr.. David
son commented.
Out in front of the main
entrance, workmen are hard
at work on a fountain, which
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