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U! Jlecember l2'¥i 

l.. TAf:bles, at Qrgan11ati<J1• - Ool.onel Johnston stated that, 1n 

preparing the nec.aaarlf letters tor aignatu:re by the Commanding otricor, 

baaed upon the study coapU.d b7 the Control Ottice • app-oved by the 

Personnel Oontrol Committee, and recommended to the Oomnanding Ofticer 

tor adoption, certain plerieal errors had been discovered. In etteoting 

the transfer ot 't/ A from C to A Branch, C Branch 1 1 T/O •a r•duced b7 

eight (8) ot'tiaora instead ot b7 !'our (4). Another error was one ot 

omission in that no proviaion waa made tor the Fisoal Otticer and hi• 

assistant on the T/O !or the Ottice ot tho Commanding Otticer. Af'ter 

diacuaaion, Col. Johnoton waa inetruoted to make the necessary corNctiona 

and 1ot up letters tor the signature or the Commanding Otticer, approving 

and announGing the T/01 • of tho various branohea, baaed upon the corrected 

stud;y copy attached and tiled herewith. 

*2 • AeaJ..gnment ot PerBOmel to B-ll. - Colonel Johnston read a 

memorandum l'rom Col. lt'Ullback requesting the permnent aesigmient ot 

nineteen (19) civilian employees presentl7 on loan to B-II. A detailed 

justi!ication tor th1a request, citing the inoreaaedwork-load or that 

Branch and the !act that position vacancies exiet wittrln the T/O authorimation, was included. Col. Johnston explained. that a reqμeet had been 

made bf .B-n tor tho authoris~tion ot the payment. ot 1500 hours ot overtime to &cco.mplieh a •pooitio task. In lieu ot authorising t.he payment. 

or overtime, nineteen (19) people in the Training School, whoae clearances 

had been coapated and whose training was almost co.apl.eted, were hastened 

through final training and were "loaned" o .. detailed to B-ll tor a period 

ot two weeks to acoompli11h the 11peoitio task tor which the overtime 

expenditure wae requeated. Of the 19 people 1nvolvedi, the Peraonnel BranOh 

had ca:ipleted tinal placement interviews on but eoven ( 7), all or whom 

were to be aasignod to B-II. 

After extended discueaion °Major King recommanded that the •ev•n 

{ 7) anployeea who nre already known to be scheduled tor a•e1.gnment to 

B-II be •o assigned and that th• remaining twel.ve (12) pareona be ratumed 

to the Training School tc,r tinal placement interview• evaluation, and 

aeaignnent by the Peraomel Branch. The Comittee concurred in the recommendation and Col. Johnston waa instructed to prepare and forward a etatemont al the situation to the Commanding Otticer with the reoomanendation 

that B-II be instructed to change the ate.tua of the l9 peraopa on "loan", 

keeping the 7 who were to have beon assigned on a permanent ba•i• and 

retumine; the remaining l2 tor normal aaaiDlmant by the Peraonnel Branch • 

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3. PficY and Procodure. - Colonel Vaughan ot the Ottiae ot the 

Chier Signa O.t'ticer will not be able to meet with t.he Peraonnal. Control 

Co.mmittee WltU eomatima atter the first ot the year. Col. Johnston 

•tated that ho would. tr;y to arrange a special meting •rly in January. 

4. ~p.tpgnement ot 22 December Jleetiy. - .A.a the next re£Ularly acheduled meeting or the COC'.lroittee talla on 25 Deoember, Chrietmaa Dq, 

it wae agreed to postpone the meeting until l January 1945. 

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Approved /s1 w.r.c. 

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lf. Pro11ton Corderman 

Colonel, Signal Corps - Comoa.nd.in& 

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