eeeRR. CHAPTER Iil, SECTION 4 arriving and departing employees through this office for processing. cleared Holmes & Narver (Permanent) Holmes & Narver (TDY) insurance Representative Task Group 7.1 Task Group 7.2 Task Group 7.3 Task Group 7.4 Task Group 7.5 JTF SEVEN — About the time that a camp was established at site Tare on Bikini Atoll, the Proving Ground in general experienced an over-all curtailment of activities ovcasioned by the completion of Operation IVY. resulting in a Jobsite personne! decrease of 475 men fron October to December 1952. To plan personnel strength requirements, a manpower control chart was prepared in November 1952 and projected over a three-months period. All Divisions were requested to forecast personnel requisitions three months in advance to allow sufficient time to recruit, process (in- cluding security clearance), and transport to Jobsite the necessary additions or replacements. In order to plan replacement needs. a form was sent to each Jobsite employee three months prior to his normal contract completion date, which provided space for the employee to indicate his desire to extend his contract, terminate and return in 30 days. or terminate and not ~ return. In April 1953, construction, engincering and support services requirements necessitated an intensive build-up in personnel, particularly in the Construction-Maintenance Division. This build-up continued unti! a peak pypulation of 2.300 was attaincd on 7 December 1953. as indicated in Figure 3-5. The total peak population (H&N supported), including all sites and all groups, was reached on 28 February 1954, with a total of 3,398. The breakdown of this figure, by groups, is as follows: 1,804 11 1 1,010 244 88 88 19 133 Total 3,398 With the majority of construction requirements met, return of personnel to point of hire was begun in carly January 1954, which resulted in the net population loss as indicated in Figure 3-5. However, additional men were still needed in the Service Operations Division, and when possible these positions were filled by transferring employees who were then surplus to the needs of other Divisions. A cut-off date of 24 January 1954 was established for receipt of “Q” clearance, All employees who did not have a "“Q” clearance by that date were given completed contracts and returned to their point of hire. An exception was made for 25 critically needed individuals in this category who were allowed to remain on site Fred and continue working until their “Q” clearance processing was completed: this exception was granted by the Field Manager, EFO, AEC, Most of the men returned to their points of hire due to non-receipt of “Q’ clearances were employees of the Camp Department, and this exodus resulted in a temporary shortage of mess hall personnel at the time the Jobsite was approaching its total peak population of all Task Groups. The following tabulation reflects the ratio of voluntary terminations and discharges during each month of the Operation: Average Jobsite Population Voluntary Terminations Discharges October 1952 November 1952 December 1952 January 1953 February 1953 March 1943 April 1943 May 1953 1,144 957 840 802 816 822 861 999 18 4 3 1 8 9 7 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 I July 1953 August 1953 September 1953 October 1953 November 1953 December 1953 January 1954 February 1954 March 1954 1, ‘41 1,/12 1,335 2.103 2,236 ~ 2,255 2.141 1937 1.511 13 18 19 24 22 34 17 7 5 0 0 4 2 4 1 2 0 3 June 1953 Page 3-14 1,187 5 1