Claims Section 1. Processing of all claims arising out of employment. Records Section 1. Maintainance of complete personnel files. In order to meet the difficulties imposed by the continual upward revision of the scope of work to be performed by H & N and the require- ment that all personnel shipped to the Jobsite have at least a "Pf" approval type of security clearance, the tempo of Personnel Department activities was maintained at a high level in the period between January 1, 1949 and July 1, 1951. Curing this period, 30,000 applicants were screened; 17,000 interviews were held; more than 6,200 applicants were processed for medical and security clearances; and arrangements were made for the movement of more than 3,300 employees overseas, A chart of the H & N forces at the Jobsite as a consequence of these efforts is shown in Figure 8,l-1, and a tabulation of manual and nonmanual Jobsite and Home Office personnel is given in Table 8.1-1; A "Manual df Standard Operating Procedures" covering all phases of personnel activities was prepared at the inception of the Project. This manual prescribed in great detail the personnel practices which were to be followed, the use of all forms required by the government and by H & N policies, and the handling of all other matters which came to the attention of the Personnel Department. Thus, for example, in connection with interviewing, the procedure prescribed that after the interviewer has decided that an applicant possesses sufficient qualifications for a position and has informed the applicant that he will be considered, subject to completion of reference checks, security investigations, and medical examination, "100,10 A- The interviewer shall select the past employers who are to be checked and shall mark them with a large red check on the left side of the application. B- The application is then given to a clerk who shall send out the Reference Check Forms. The clerk shall enter, beside the red check made by the Interviewer, the date on which the Reference Letters are sent, C- A numerical file with numbers from 1 to 10 inclu- sive shall be set up, in which all applications shall be filed as soon as Reference Letters are sent. D- A clerk shall file the returned Reference Letters each day. As they are matched with the proper appli- cation, the letter "R" shall be entered over the red check on the application to designate the Reference Letter has been returned,