CHAPTER Ill, SECTION 4 fare, per diem, and two days’ salary on all San Francisco hires. This system effected a savings of approximately $103.00 per each new employee from that area during the period from 25 May through 31 December 1953. TRANSPORTATION Prior to the inauguration of the accelerated lations Department staff because the increase in termination near the close of the Operation coincided with a decrease in employment of new men. Terminations began to increase late in November 1953 due to the limiting date on “Q” clearances for Jobsite employees. This situation was brought about by the fact that “P” approved employees had been permitted to going to Eniwetok were transported by com- work in certain locations at the Jobsite up to a critical security date. When it became ap- or Navy bus to Travis Air Force Base. However, would not be received prior to the limiting date, these men were declared surplus and terminated. recruiting program, Holmes & Narver employees mercial airlines from Los Angeles to San Francisco and then by chartered commercial bus on 16 June 1953, chartered aircraft, flying di- rectly to Travis Air Force Base, were started from Los Angeles, thereby eliminating the inter- mediate bus service from San Francisco to the Base. Each plane had a capacity of 44 passengers and was chartered only when a minimum of 25 passengers was available. During the peak of the hiring program, two chartered flights per week were used, with each flight averaging 35 men. The last chartered flight departed Los Angeles on 2 December 1953. In all, 27 flights from Los Angeles to Travis Air Force Base at $819.00 parent that ‘Q” clearances on recent hires Off-continent terminations (for all reasons) during November totaled 164. By February 1954, 894 terminations had been processed. San Francisco returnees were processed at the California State Employment Services office. This processing included termination physical examinations and security clearances; final processing was completed at the Home Office. The Industrial Relations and Accounting Departments maintained close contact to avoid any delays in the terminating employees’ pay- A temporary group leader was appointed from within each group going overseas who was personally responsible for carrying the group’s collective personnel records to Jobsite. Each off commitments. Pay-off procedures for the San Francisco terminations were modified somewhat to allow for the delay in receipt of preliminary paper work relevant to these terminations. Travel reserve checks were airmailed to San Francisco on the same day the Jobsite “employee departure wire” was received in the Home Office. This arrangement, in most cases, provided immediate funds for employees terminating at San Francisco. However, unavoidable delays were experienced in the Honolulu payoffs due to the time lapse involved in overseas mail service. on his Jobsite salary prior to leaving the Home Office. Travel was by MATS aircraft from a total of 3,749 off-continent employees were each were chartered to carry a total of 958 men. This amounted to $22,113.00 as compared to the cost of equivalent commercial service (958 fares at $25.36) in the amount of $24,294.88. By flying directly to Travis, bus fares (from San Francisco to Travis) were eliminated resulting in a further savings of $1,858.52 (958 fares at $1.94). member of a group was given a $25.00 advance Travis to Eniwetok via Hickam Field, Honolulu, and Kwajalein. Upon arrival at Travis and again at Hickam Field, the men were met by an H&N representative who escorted them through the MATS procedures. The flow of personnel was reversed in the demobilization incident to the end of the Operation. San Francisco hires were returned to their point of hire by chartered bus after arriving at Travis Air Force Base; Los Angeles hires were furnished air transportation from the San Francisco airport. In the event chartered buses or aircraft were not warranted due to the small number of returnees involved in a group, the men were instructed to travel by commer- From 1 June 1953 through 30 June 1954, processed and terminated; this total included 839 Honolulu terminations and 186 San Fran- cisco terminations. ON-CONTINENT RECRUITING Recruiting methods for on-continent employees were essentially the same as for offcontinent employees, i. e., by newspaper ad- vertisements and CSES facilities, and by use of three private agencies. Home Office applicants were screened by a local police check, security checks, and the checking of three local references, cial means and were reimbursed for this service. JOBSITE PERSONNEL transported to and from Jobsite. used as the personnel headquarters and, al- Figure 3-4 shows the monthly totals of men OFF-CONTINENT TERMINATIONS The records and paper work required for off-continent termination settlements did not necessitate an increase in the Industrial Re- Page 3-12 Site Elmer at Eniwetok continued to be though individual records were maintained on Bikini Atoll at site Tare for all employees permanently assigned to any one of the campsites in that area, all permanent personnel records were initiated and maintained at Elmer. All