CHAPTER Iil, SECTION 4 SECTION 4 PERSONNEL & SECURITY GENERAL. From experience gained through past Op- erations and in anticipation of broader requirements for Operation HARDTACK, the Industrial Relations Division at EPG and the Corporate Personnel & Security Department of the Home Office were enlarged to include collateral services. The H&N Corporate Personnel & Security Department provided all Home Office industrial relations and security support for the AEC Facilities Project Group. Close coordination between these two offices in matters pertaining to policies, personnel standards, and manpower requirements resulted in fulfilling satisfactorily all AEC Facilities Project Personnel & Security requirements. Although there was no direct organizational relationship between the Corporate Personnel & Security Department and the AEC Facilities Project, the former group furnished certain services, including personnel recruitment and processing, insurance activities, monitoring of AEC security policies, personnel relations, and travel arrangements. The Corporate Personnel & Security Department was directed by the Manager, Personnel & Security, with the aid of Assistant Managers and Section Supervisors. These sections included Employment, Personnel Relations, Security, and Clerical and Travel. Activities of the EPG Industrial Relations Division were administered by a General Supervisor with the aid of assistants assigned to the functions of Personnel, Wage and Salary, Medical, Recreation, Rad-safety, Security, Guard, and Safety Departments. A prevailing tight labor market during the latter half of 1956 required a program of limited recruitment for Engineers and other professional personnel. Authorization for a full recruiting program for off-continent personnel was received during March 1957; however, the construction August 1956 ..... veevevseecenanceereeeeess 1290 September oo... ...00..cceceeceeeeeee: 1032 October oo... eee cece eeeeeeeee November 936 o....0..00 occ. eeeeeeeceeeeeeeeee 881 December ...............c-.ccceecesceeesdeeees 838 January 1957 ooo... 813 February oo......c.cceeeeeceeecennceeeeeeeeees 845 March oie...ceeeccceccssseceeseeeeseeeeessceees 891 Apri] ooo. eee ee cceeccceeenceeneceeeeee 949 May on... eeeceeececeececeeceeseeceeeceeeaeeeees 1091 JUNC oe cee ceeceecceeeeeeeeeeeceneeeeeee 1267 July on... bees seeseeceeneeecesseanenseceees 1480 August 2.0.2... eececeeeeece cere 1600 September 00.0...eens .. 1641 October ooo... cece eceeeeeeeeeeees 1807 November o..........-csceccceeeeceneeeeeeees 2213 December .................20::ccceeseeecetees 2435 January 1958 .......... ee ceeeeeeceeeeees 2623 February March ooo... e cece cceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeees 2965 ono... ccceeeeceeeeceeeeeeeeteeeees 3214 April ooo... ccc cece eeeeeeeceeeeeeees 3289 MAY oeecccceccceecescceesscecsecceeeeeteneeeeeees 2981 UME eee cece cc caeeectneeeeeeeeeereces 2718 A 2392 AUBUSt ooo... cece ceeeeceececscceeeeeeeeee 1852 Includes personne] enroute to and from Jobsite. Table No. 3-2. Average Jobsite Population. deferment at EPG in August 1957 retarded employment efforts and delayed the recruiting EMPLOYMENT. schedule. Approximately 4700 persons were employed for off-continent duty during Operation HARDTACK with the peak of manpower being reached on 9 April 1958, when 3158 H&N persons were at Jobsite. preliminary work on Operation HARDTACK began in January 1957. With the exception of the Blast Study and Communications Engineering Groups, early manpower requirements were satisfied by the transfer of personnel from various Home Office divisions. The Blast Study and Communications Engineering Groups, however, program. After a brief interval, recruiting was resumed and by February 1958 hiring was on Restaffing of the H&N Home Office for Page 343