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Office area contain s 22,O0O square feet on the second and third floor.;, The entire first floor, lvith the exception of the lobby, is used Ior parking of employes' and visitors' automobiles. The capacity of tl-re garage is 25 automobiles on an in-and-out basis.

The woods used in construction of the building include all those milliedrandrtranufactured by the corporation, which are su.gaf, pine, ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, white fir, ixcefis€ cedar and redwood. In addition to these, gigantea sequoia, walnut, mahogany, American elm' African Korina and birch woods were used to panel many of the special rooins, private offices and lobby.

Several innovations were built into the new AFPC buildi.g. A 32-seat lunchroom for employes includes a table-top electric stove and refrigerator as well as a candy, cigarette and soft drink canteen. Piped-in background music by Muzak is played in all the general offices as well as halls, lobby and garage. A paging system has 18 outlets throughout the building. All executives, departments, receptionist and offices are connected by an elaborate and complete telephone inter-communication system. A hydraulic automatic elevator serves all three floors. On the roof is a

2Ux24'deck r.vhich has a panoramic view of both the Golden Gate and Bay bridges, East Bay hills and Marin county. One of the outstanding features of this new building is the directors' room. It is finished entirely in gigantea sequoia and has an 18-foot directors' table made of the same material. A11 of this wood was sawed from one huge log which was obtained in the redwood corral area of the Tule River Reservation. From the use of this wood this is probabl.r the oldest directors' room in the world, as foresters have observed that this tree was growing and mature beiore Christ and had fallen over in the forest before Columbus discovered America. Besides directors

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