The Nation - News from April 19, 1988

John C. Shepherd, Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III’s choice to fill the No. 2 post at the Justice Department, told officials to proceed with a search to fill the job, department sources said. While not yet closing the door on the post, Shepherd is on the verge of withdrawing from consideration for the job of deputy attorney general, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Shepherd has said he is concerned about the stress on his family of the public scrutiny that has occurred since Meese picked him two weeks ago.