AEC Business Management of Contracts-- IV. CONTRACTOR LABOR RELATIONS AND AEC.. Responsibility of the Commission Program Security and Labor-Management Relations____ APPENDICES FOREWORD The AEC has been occupied with two principal activities during 1950. It has carried out the operation of all existing production and development facilities at full capacity. It has placed considerable emphasis on the completion of plans for new plant construction and expanded operations in order adequately to serve the Nation's interests in the years immediately ahead." The President's appointment of Mr. T. Keith Glennan rounded out the Atomic Energy Commission to its full complement. Mr. Carroll L. Wilson resigned as General Manager, effective August 15. Mr. Marion W. Boyer was appointed to succeed him and entered on the work November 1. This Ninth Semiannual Report to the Congress gives a summary of the year's program operations insofar as they can be reported within the limits of national security. It provides as well a brief review of the methods which the Commission follows in contracting with industries, research institutions, and with universities and colleges for the carrying on of the many phases of the national atomic energy program. It is believed that this résumé will provide a convenient reference for members of Congress and their constituents who may have need to know about the general principles governing the letting of contracts. This program, probably more than any other in the United States Government today, is carried on through contracts with private industry rather than by direct Government operation. The enlistment of a large and growing cross section of industry in the provision of business methods and scientific and engineering competence is one of the prime aims of the Commission. It is hoped that the brief outline here presented will help to widen participation of all segments of the economy in the atomic energy program. VII |