ee ’ . Cc -17(5) During the first few years of employment staff members should be on trial, Persons who turn out to be incompetent for technical positions should be considered for administrative positions, was vigorous dissent on this point.) (6) (There | The barriers to employment transfer from one site to another’ should be removed, The transient period is over and the normal courtesies would be sufficient. (7) The performance of every employee, including the director, should be reviewed annually. (8) All professional employees should be given adequate vacations. . (9) Liaison between the Laboratories should be fostered, e.g. by annual meetings of the directors with the AEC or GAC, but without staff, | (10) Extended leaves, analogous to sabbatical leaves, should be encouraged, as they are in universities. . Time did not permit detailed discussion of these proposals, Among the comments were the following. BNL, with its corporate contractor, is a special case; and its visiting committee system maynot be applicable to the other laboratories (Dr. Rabi), One can question whether basic research should be done in the Laboratories~-somewhere you run out of funds (Mr. Murphree). Howeve: the conduct of basic research has a very important favorable effect ‘on employment, in making the laboratory more attractive (Dr. Fisk, Dr, Buckley). Dr. Rabi said that the availability of only a finite Department of Energy listcrian’s Offica ARCHIVES 73

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