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Cl!/ lLU.N Ef1PLCfIME;rr BOARD ~· 

Minutes of Meet:bg Held 

1'Boveober1946t Room 117, Hqa. 

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PRE.SER't: 

Lt. Colonel J. H. FriP.r, Jr. 

Lt. Colonel J. M. Libby 

.Major Ham:ill D. Jones 

Ca pts in I. R. Coombs 

Lt. Lucille J. iiwood 

lir. s. Xullback 

i. n_anm;ss m.1c1 

D~·. Abraham Sinltov 

Mr. F. B. Rowlett 

Ab·. John L. Sullivan 

Jlr. Char lea B.. Deeter 

Y;ss Gertrude E. Kirtland 

!1. D. Glenn Starlin 

Ur. pterlin stated that a policy with regerd to the-tardiness cf personnel 

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has been referred to the Adjutant, Jney' Security Agency, and a t1emorandum .on this 

subject will be published. In connection \'11th this, he menUonE"d t.hat a survey 

had been mde b;y the ~rovost •rshal for the week 21 to 25 October 1946, ond th1~ 

results of thie survey indicated thet e.pprGximately i,500 people entered Operetiono 

11A11 and "B• Building gates betv.-een CiSC-0 and C815. 

2'o -fEVI!.."l OF SPECiFICATlON§, YlLi....!!&L.P-J& ~a l'LETCBEll 

~ ;fl'!r .• '.Starlin requested the final .,pinion of tl1e member~ of the Board on the 

specifications written by Mr. 1.1:illialf. A. Fletcher since his return t.o work 3 Sep- t~mber 19!6, end whether or net the original charge of inefficiency should be ~@:t.a.ined. ¥:r. teeter, Mr. -Fletcher's supervisor, appeereei· before thE" Boerd meet .. ing'snc steted thet. Mr·. Fletcher's attitude in general has been ell that could be 

asked for, and that he has tried very hard tc co a good jobo However, the speci·· 

fications which he hes produced during his ~rolietio:nal period are impossible to 

use. Mr. Deeter further eteted th~t Mr. Fl3tcher includes inforim:ttion in his s~ecii'i'cat:lons "which is entirely irrelevant to tne su~ject, ··and is unable 'to i.nt~rpret 

an7 of-the t~chni:el a~pects or the specifie~tione. - It Js ~~c opinior. of the civil 

enginc-ere who examined the specifications t~t it would take a shortP.r MU'e to c!o 

th.~ specH."icetions ~hemseivee than to oorre"lt ~hel!lo. _Hr.!_ Deeter also stated that on 

honest ~ffort was-DIP.de to review car.efully the·eubject Jllfitter with Mr • .FlP.tcher 

beforP: _the. specit'icstions wer9··a:rum up, anj thet sor.:etir.t>s three or :four hours T.ere· · · "',_ 

spent '•ith 1.tr~·netcher prior to the preparstion of the specifications. Uowever, J~ 

Mr. Deeter statE:d that regr.relese of how m1nh time wee epent in helping Mr. Fletcher, ~­

a ·uaable specif:t"cation would not result. C~lonrl Frier asked jf' Mr. Fletcher "8S · ,·=~ 

inef1'1c1~ut, or if he was just unqualified for the position. Mr. Sterlin explained -

that a_coo~ing to h:l.s past record he bed be~n with the Signal Corpe on two othl"r 

jobs 1~ wh!ch ,he r~d to write specification~. and that he h&d received KVe:ry Gooc• effiC1f!..~Cr ratlngs )n each case. He also stated. _.:t~ ~_papers 011 record in Mr~ 

Fletcher_1s 201 File :l.ndicate an experience bac~ground \.;h1ch. _quaiifiee him for ·1:.he 

job.at Arlin~tpn ~11 of _~~r,ineer (~pecific~tion ~riter) P-2. 

After fir. Deeter•s statements ·Tegardin.~ Ji:r.··"I~letclier, ll.r~ Stflrlin as)ced _the · I - . . . members of the ~osrd .ror their opinion of ~1e spec1ficat~ons, an~ it v~s ggr&ed by 

CONFIDENTIAL eclassified and approved for release by 

SA on 04-17-2014 ursuantto E.O. 1352 
those ~embers qualified to juege that.they had not improved over the previous 

sp&citicat:ior!:.. 'Ih.-n Ih". Sinkov uce a motion th8t the aharges of :tne!'ficie.!lcy 

av,ainst Mr. fletcher be sustained, and th.En he be informed thgt he is \xi!inR removed, pe11ding a .30•day on•the-job notice. Colonel Libby seconded the motion, and 

tho motion was carried unanimously by the Bosrd. Before the motion is actually 

effected• Mr. Sterlin said, it would be p~~sented to Colonel Hayes for his review. 

If .Colonel Ila.yes agrees •·ith the Board's r~comlilendation, Mr. netcher will be 

separated for.inefficiency in keeping ~1th Civil lervice and ~ar Department rule~--· 

and regulations. - ·· .. 

-'• UPERllS9!!~ DAINUG COUR§E 

Colonel lfa:rea appear~ at the Civilian Employment Board Meeting and discussed 

the need for a supervisor'a training courcc. As a result of h:ls 1•evie.,.. of the bi· 

weekly Employee Counselors• RP.ports, whic1 include comments of employees who are 

l&aving the stst:fon, he believes that there> 1s a need for great i111provement in the 

performance of the individual eupervieo:re.. He stat.ed thEt the JR'J: CourEe which was 

:ln effect approximotely li years ago v.a.e feirly satisfactory, but that it met with 

greet opposition on the part. ot higher echelon employees. although it -ms well 

received by lower echelon employees. therefore. Colonel Bayes suggested that tefore 

another couree·comporable to the JRT Ccut"SF. was put into eJ:'f'ect, thP. supervisors 

themselves should be esked just what IJ'.a:iiters should be covered in a lecture or 

course. In order to'determine the typf! of course to be ott'P.red, a draft question• 

naire was_ prepared and distributed to the rembers or the Board, and Colonel He.yes . ... stated that he deeired· the Board members b~ review thi~ questionnaire and return 

it to Mr. Starlin. When the final questjom18ire is prepared, it will be submitted 

to all supervisors. Colonel Hayes ststes further thRt the course of instMJction 

would be made ae intereeting as possible, E:nd that he hopes to secu1·e instructors 

who are the best qualified on e~cb or the subjects liete~. 

With regard to the Employee Counselotsv Reporte which Colonel Hayes mentioned, 

Dr. Sinkov stf!ted that he WBS not aware of the existence of such reports and in ... quired as to the distribution of tham... Colonel Hayrs etated tbat fron. no\\" on the 

report& would be sent to all division chiefs. · 

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