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Colonel Davis had returned to the station and Major McDaniels held a conference with Colonel Davis and explained the function of the Screening Team.  Subsequent to this conference Colonel Davis called a meeting of the group commanders and certain staff officers and gave them a general briefing on the activities to take place at Lockbourne during the next two weeks.  It was decided that Colonel Davis would meet with all military personnel of the station at three separate meetings on Monday, 16 May, to explain the entire plan to them, and that Airmen would be tested by the Screening Team between Tuesday, 17 May and Sunday, 22 May;  that the Personnel Redistribution Board, appointed by Continental Air Command with Colonel Davis as President, would have its first meeting at 1100 hours on 17 May, for a general briefing, and that this Board would begin screening officers at 1300 on 17 May. (See Inclosure #1, Special Orders appointing Personnel Redistribution Board and amendments thereto.)

Major Gleed and Major Money returned from the Washington meeting and brought with them a letter outlining the mission of the Personnel Redistribution Board. (See Inclosure #2, Letter, Subject: Mission of Redistribution Board.)

Other officers arrived at Lockbourne during the weekend to serve as members of the Personnel Redistribution Board.  They were: Colonel Martin D. Mannion and Major Johnson C. Crawford, Office of the Director of Military Personnel, United States Air Force; and Lt. Colonel Thomas M. Noonan, Personnel Section, Continental Air Command.

Colonel Landon was also present at Lockbourne on 15 and 16 May to lend assistance and to observe the beginning of the work of the Screening Team and the Personnel Redistribution Board.

[[underlined]] Monday - 16 May 1949: [[/underlined]] 

Several representatives of the press attempted to secure information from Lockbourne Air Force Base of activities going on at the station.  Colonel Davis felt that a clear-cut decision should be made by Headquarters, United States Air Force, as to which headquarters would handle publicity on this subject so that there would be no danger of confusion as a result of conflicting information being released.  Colonel Mannion telephoned General Strother who, in turn, requested 1st Lt. Willard W. Savoy, Office of the Directorate of Public Relations, National Military Establishment, to telephone Colonel Davis.  The latter was absent from his office when Lt. Savoy called and, therefore, Colonel Mannion and Major Gleed took the call.  As a result of the conversation with Lt. Savoy, Colonel Mannion later made certain statements to the press. It was also decided that Lt. Savoy would arrive at Lockbourne on Monday evening, 16 May, to handle all publicity for the project at the station.

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