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Lt. Colonel John M. Libb.r 

flajor Hamill D. Jones 

Major Jack lif. Faulds 

lat Lt. T. P. Morgan 

lst I.it. C-t B. Will 

~. S • Kullb!!.ck 

1. ?AINUTJ:S1 

Dr. A. Sinkov 

Mr. F. B. Rowlett 

fih'. John L. Sulli'\t-an 

P,'!r. Al.i'l"led YI. Rose 

Mr. Jwoos Vlhite 

The minutes of the meting of tho Civilian Employment Board for S July 

1947 ?!Eire read and reviewed b;y membors of the Board rmd a_f'ter mL'lOr cor1•oc·Gio!1s, 

were approved for the record. 

2. !EAVE WITHOUT PAY FOR CAREER EMPIOY~: 

A request tor leave without ~ for the period 15 September 1947 t:m.~ough 

30·June 1948 £or Francis G. O'Brien, WDGJIS-93, was submitted to tha Board 

£or review. The request was £or the purpose of attending school i.."l ox·uc1• to 

turther Mr. o•Brien1s education and better qualify him tor the field in which 

he 1a prosently engaged at thie Agency. The request \Vas uns.niJ!l.ously e.pproved. 

3. REVIEW OF scm;num "B" STAND.ARIS& 

Mi·. Sullivm'l presented the Board members with copies or Job Sto.ndarCls 

for Schadule 11B11 which haw come back from the Civil Service Commission. 

llr. Sullivan directed attention to revisions ma.de ey the Chief' ~;amine!" or 

tho Commission. Dr. Sillkov said that ho would like to see the difi'crencos 

between these Sl'ld the ones tbe Agency had eubnitted. Mr. Rowlett seconded 

this motion. tJ'b.·. Sullivan euggetlted that the members take the Si.andFl.l'ds wi'l;h 

them so that they could read and compare the staneards with those originally 

preporcd by the Agency. These standards will be brought up for furthe1· dis ... 

ouasion at tho next meeting ot the Civilian Employment Board. 

Ik". Kullmck stated that the job sto.ndard for 11Superintendent of MaiJl ... tenance ( Cryptomechanisms) "contained tho phrase "ma1.ntenance Bl'ld reps.if or 

communications cryptomechanisms". Mr. Sullivan explained that in ma..'ly co.sea 

words appearing in the job title did not appear in the standard itself'. Ile 

:further stated that by- using oryptomecha.nisms it T1ould be too confusing from 

a recruitment standpoint. By using the TI"Ords electro mechanical communication~ 

equipment it would give the ,Agency more freedom in recruitmont. 

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Mr. Sullivan painted out tho major changes mane in the job standards by 

tho Chief Exe.minor: 

a. In the Engineering Series the Agency set up the requirement or 3 

years or experience for a P•l and 4 years for a p ... 3, i71th 8 months additional 

oxperienca to be required for each grade from p ... 3 tln'ough P-7. The Chief 

l!:xaminer stated that the one year jwnps should also bo maintained for grades 

P•.) through P-7. 

b. Tho Chie:r l:J.a'lliner further statod that the grade p .. g require 2 years 

ot experience rather than the 16 months proposed by tho Agency. 

c. In the Engineering Aide Series, sp .. 7 standards call for tho successful 

completion or a 3 year engineering course. The Chief Examiner rocor.unended 

that this be changed to a 4 year engineering course. 

d • The same change has baan recommended 1n the S.P..S standards. 

There being no additional subjects tor discussion the meeting was 

adjourned at 1415 hours. 

JOHN L. SULLIVAN 

Acting Chairman