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
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November
936
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881
December ...............c-.ccceecesceeesdeeees
838
January 1957 ooo...
813
February oo......c.cceeeeeceeecennceeeeeeeeees
845
March
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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
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