Marcuse planned to refuse a government war job on academic grounds.

Evidence

The appointment has been approved by all the chiefs, and although it has still to go through the routine of the Personnel Division and through the FBI, there seems unfortunately not the slightest doubt that it will go through … As I told you, I would not accept it. I think I can get away from it without suffering much harm or making a bad impression (unwillingness to contribute to the War Effort) by saying that I have first to complete my studies in L.A. which are just as pertinent to the War Effort. Since they want me to start work as soon as possible (even before the formalities are completed), this will end the negotiations. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 322

Categorization

• XREF: Marcuse’s stint in US wartime intelligence, the same work that absorbed several Institute associates after 1943; connects to the Frankfurt School’s wartime service. — connects to: Marcuse tried to decline the OWI job to stay in Los Angeles — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1243
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Marcuse tried to decline the OWI job to stay in Los Angeles — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1243