14. CAREER PLANNING. I HAD NEVER ENTERTAINED ANY OTHER THOUGHT THAN THAT OF RETURNING TO STANDARD OF CALIFORNIA AND THIS VIEW WAS REINFOCED WHEN THE TREASURER OF STANDARD CALLED ON V-J DAY TO SAY "HURRY HOME". BUT MY WORK IN PAW HAD BROUGHT ME TO THE ATTENTION OF OTHER OIL COMPANIES, AND I WAS FLATTERED BY SEVERAL VERY GENEROUS OFFERS FROM SOME OF THE VERY BEST OF THE OIL COMPANIES. ALL THESE COMPANIES WERE HEADQUARTERED IN THE EAST AND LIFE IN WASHINGTON, D. C. HAD MADE A CONFIRMED CALIFORNIAN OUT OF ME. IN JUNE 1945 I MARRIED THE ENTIRE WOMEN'S FRENCH AIR FORCE STATIONED IN THIS COUNTRY AT THE TIME. MY FRENCH BRIDE HAD COME HERE AS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT, GOT HER MASTERS' AT MILLS, WAS GETTING A PHD AT BERKELEY WHEN WE GOT INTO THE WAR. SHE WORKED BRIEFLY FOR THE OWI UNTIL HER COMMISSION CAME THROUGH IN THE FREE FRENCH AIR FORCE. SHE TOO PREFERRED THE WEST, ALTHOUGH SHE WAS WILLING TO GO WHEREVER I WENT.