22 Oct 1938
John Griffin to Mother / Washington D.C.

Dear Mother, It is some time since I heard from you and I think that I wrote to you last. However, I want to tell you about my new job and remind you that you me a letter so I will pound out this short note.

Things at the Land Office did not materialize the way I had hoped that they would. When my six months were up I went up and had a talk with the personnel man, and he told me that they were going to start moving me up right away but that it would be a year or so anyway before I would be up doing legal work. This seemed to me to be in direct conflict to what they told me when I came in. In the meantime Mr. Butler my old boss in P.W.A. had called me and told me that he wanted to talk to me. So I went over to see him and he offered me a job as a Special Agent if I wanted to come back. So when things looked so bad at the Land Office I decided to take the job as a Special Agent, with the Division of Investigations, P.W.A. Of course this agency is not permanent and it will mean that in 1940 or maybe before I will have to be out looking for another job, but in the meantime I will be making a livable salary. The salary is a very good one, and by far the most money I have made yet. Besides the work is interesting and very good experience. It will give me an opportunity later on I hope, with my civil service status to transfer into some other department that is permanent at a good salary. So that is that.

Dot is still working as she promised the place that she would stay a year when she went back. We have hired a girl to come in and clean the house each day and get dinner in the evening so it is not so hard on either of us anymore.

The other night we went to the "National" to see Walter Houston in "Knickerbocker Holiday" and much to our pleasant surprise the President came. It was the second show he had been to since being in Washington and we have been to both of them and seen him. The show was very good, all about the early Dutch settlers.

I must get home and take card of Bob as Dot is going downtown shopping this afternoon. Hope to hear from you very soon now. Got a letter from Grandmother Smith yesterday. Will answer it soon.

John

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