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may not be known to all of you, but I vefar
two hats.
I am an officer of the laborstory
floor and when I go upstairs I'm Manager of
Operations,
This situation has been in exist~
ence for about a year and ahaif,
It has
been working very well, largely because I'm
blessed with a very good staff, both in the
laboratory and in the Operations Office andh
Mr, Joe Clark whom you have met right now,
carries the main burden of administration in
the office.
I told you yesterday a little bit
about the history of the New York Operations
Office.
It'a quite a bit different from the
others because it was originally a Hesdquarters
Office for the Manhattan District,
I guess it
was the first office to be established.
General Groves operated out of there
for a good while, particulerly before: the
other sites got rolling and was all through
the publishing office and the headquarters
office and they had a very large measure of
responsibility during the Manhattan District
days and the velocity which was applied in the
Manhattan District carried over into the
Commiseion for a while and as the Cperations
Offices were developed, each was given a piece
poe apchivee