History of John Smith Griffin
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Wartime Washington 1945-1946
I went to see Mr. Shields, the Solicitor, to tender my resignation. I told him that I wished to return to California and that this seemed a good chance to do so. He replied that if my purpose in resigning from the Department was to go to California, that there was no need to do so as he could transfer me to California to fill a vacancy he had in the San Francisco office. He told me that if I would remain in Washington and finish the work on the General Foods case and one other case I was working on, he would transfer me to San Francisco when the work was finished. He also told me that the Regional Attorney there was going to retire in a year or so and that I might have a chance at the job of Regional Attorney.
In view of Mr. Shield's promises I declined the offer which Wayne Knight had made and concentrated on finishing up on the cases I was working on. We finally finished up the hearings and I was anxious to make the transfer. Shortly after my conversations with Mr. Shields I received a letter from the FBI agent that owned the house we were living in, saying that he was being transferred back to Washington and wanted his home. Inasmuch as we were planning to go to California we decided that we would vacate the house even though we could have insisted on adequate notice so that we could find another house to rent. My brother who was living in Detroit had been transferred to New York and had purchased a home on Packanack Lake in New Jersey. It was a big house and he was having some difficulty in handling the finances so we made an arrangement whereby Dorothy and the family would go live with Ben at Packanack Lake until the transfer had gone through, and we would pay $60 a month rent.
I called Dorothy and told her about the offer. She thought I should take it and so did I, and I told Bucy I would. He said that the big boss, "Bob" Shields, in Washington, was favorable and he was sure that the job was mine. I stayed over until the following Thursday to finish up the interviews with our witnesses and Bucy went back to Washington.
About this time we were expecting our third child and the confusion and uncertanty of everything was quite a strain on Dorothy. Her doctor was Dr. O'Donnell who was our doctor for Bob. He was a wonderful doctor, giving her a great deal of attention. On the evening that we took Dorothy to the hospital he was there when she entered and stayed right with her until the baby arrived. Having two sons, we were very anxious that our third be a daughter. So Marian was born on January 12, 1946 in Washington D.C. She was a very beautiful baby, the prettiest of the three. Marian's arrival was a blessing to us in more ways than one.
YEAR (FILE ) SUBJECT
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1946 (0004) Doctors Instructions for Marian
1946 (0005) Doctors Instructions for Marian
1946 (1401) Dorothy and Marian Griffin
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