One reason recruiting people to come work in Los Alamos was so difficult was because the scientists didn't know what they were being recruited for. About all they knew was that it had something to do with the war, that it was a government project, and that they would have to go to some romote place in Northern New Mexico. (Hints the reason Los Alamos is sometimes called "The Secret City.)
They were only allowed to be cooks or valets if they wanted to be in the white group of men. There were 2 groups that were intentionally racially segregated.
