His father died in 1946 and Nash thought he would have to return to Wisconsin Rapids to run the family cranberry business. Truman did not want him to leave and told him to take whatever leave was necessary, but to stay on the White House staff. Did spend several months off and on in Wisconsin Rapids and kept close contact with his sister, Jean, who ran the business on a day to day basis. On one of his visits home, Milt Schneider and Warren Sawall enlisted his support for the DOC.
