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lad end asked that hte applt catton be wi thdrawn.s e @ 2999 he hed been defeated a8 candtdote for Distrtet Attorney ef San Franoteco, although recetutng 940,000 votes. ‘Fe sotd, "It te ay deatre to serve tn-sone capoctty durtng the pertod of the energenoye™ On Aprtl 4, 1942, Rroun subnitted his applt catton ca Speotal Agent, from whtch the above bookground natertal wae obtatnede On Way 28, 1942, Brown waa tntervt ewed by an Agent of the San Franotsco offtce at whitch tine he _ etated that atnce filing Ate applicatton, he had been offered lother opportunt ttea to atd tn the wor effort which would be more {n accordance with hts exzpertence as a trtal lawyer. (67-280886) It hea been reported to the Bureau that Brown's father wos a bocknaker operating fn and ground the San Franctsco areas = (62-75147=47) POLTTICAL BACKGROURD “ae, On January 8 1244, Brown took office as Bestrs et Attorney for the ctty. and county of San Franetsco, replacing Matthew Rrady, who had held the nost for some 30 years, Frotn has been active tn polittcs tn San Frenetseo for a considerable length of time and tt was reported to the Bureau that he hed been formerly financtally supported >, iD forserly ec tetlebond fr! nz-tn polttteal power, who wos exposed by the Atherton graft tnvestigatton. tn 1937, Reportedly, Vatthew Rrady, a former Distrtet Attorney, although very close to GEESE foro number of years prevented QED fron getting a renewal of hts botlebond license efter the Atherton —