RADIO-CRAFT
  July 1942

THE Signal Corps Radar Laboratory,

Camp Evans, Belmar, New Jersey, has a large 

number of vacancies in Civil Service positions 

for men and women to work on secret Signal Corps equipment. In addition to very many 

opportunities for Engineers, Physicists, and Electricians, there is an especially urgent need for Radio Mechanics.
    Licensed amateurs or persons who have completed a defense course in Radio are desired for appointment as Junior Engineering Aides (Radio), at $1440 per annum. Qualified radio servicemen may be eligible for appointment at $1800, $2000 and up, in accordance with the length and quality of their experience.

   Persons who desire to participate in the National Victory Program by accepting appointment at Camp Evans should write to the Special Representative, U. S. Civil Service Commission, Radar Laboratory, Camp Evans, Belmar, New Jersey.

 LOCATION

    The headquarters of the Laboratory is at Camp Evans, Belmar, N. J. Installation and maintenance work is done wherever Radars are needed by the Army.
    The Laboratory is located on the shore of the Shark River, 2 miles from the town of Belmar and 4 miles from the famous seaside resort of Asbury Park. Belmar is about 60 miles south of New York City, 1 1/2 hours by convenient commuting trains. 
     The Laboratory now occupies several buildings which the Army purchased. The work is administered and supervised by a group of commissioned officers of the United States Army. The remainder of the personnel consists entirely of Civil Service employees. There are no enlisted men in the Laboratory.  
     The civilian personnel includes the high­est type of professional and semi-profes­sional employees carefully selected and hired under Civil Service regulations.  
     Office hours are from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Monday through Saturday. A skele­ton staff is maintained on Sundays and holidays.

     The nearby cities of Red Bank, Long Branch, Asbury Park and Belmar offer many opportunities for rentals. Since with the large growth of the Laboratory (par­ticularly in the summer season, when the resort demands are heavy), accommoda­tions may be scarce, the Government is planning a large housing project within walking distance of the Laboratory.

PLACES TO LIVE
     A list of possible rentals is on file at the Laboratory to help those searching for a place to live. All the nearby cities and towns are well provided with good elemen­tary and high schools and churches of all denominations. Monmouth Junior College is in Long Branch and Rutgers University is about 40 miles away in the city of New Brunswick. 
     The neighboring resort towns offer the finest ocean beaches for summer recrea­tion. In addition, the entertainment and recreation features are available along the boardwalk. New York City is near enough so that it is possible to go to the theater in Times Square and get home the same eve­ning. The cities of Long Branch, Asbury Park, and Belmar are connected with the Laboratory by convenient bus lines. There are also bus lines between the cities and to and from the beaches.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAVEL  
     All civilian employees of the United States Government may be required to travel anywhere, as their duties require. However, civilian employees are not sent into combat zones without their consent. For the installation and maintenance of Radars some employees will travel to any part of the world where war operations are going on or may take place.  
     Employees who travel are furnished transportation plus an extra per diem pay­ment of $6 in the United States and $7 outside.

MILITARY STATUS 
     Employees of the War Department enjoy the same status as civilian employees of

other Government departments. They are not in the Army and are not subject to military law. Through the development and production contracts which the Laboratory has made with many of the large indus­trial concerns of the United States, there will be opportunities to meet representa­tives of these industries. 
      Exemption from the draft depends 'upon your classification. The Laboratory can be sure of keeping only those who are already exempt, or who have proved themselves indispensable to the work of the Labora­tory.  
      Regardless of your classification you must always notify your Draft Board before you travel. If your classification is 3A, that is, if your local board has granted deferment because of dependents, then it will not affect your coming to duty with the Laboratory. If your classification is 1A, you should ob­tain permission from your local. Draft Board and state that you are going to be em­ployed with an agency which is a vital part of the war program.

EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN 
     Because of the Army's demand on the men of the nation, the Laboratory expects to use women for many operations formerly performed mostly by men; for instance, the Laboratory would welcome women em­ployees who can function as mathemati­cians, physicists, radio engineers, mechanics, testers, and draftsmen, as well as in the more usual ways as administrative em­ployees.