(seq. 38)

July 25, 1950

Dear Mr. Genghagan:

July 25, 1950
I wonder if you would be interested
in the campaign of Dr. Warren Stearns, former
Commissioner of Correction, and Dean of Tufts
College

Miss Manecia Estey
Westboro State Hospital
Westboro, Massachusetts

Dear Manecia:

I was glad to get your letter a short time ago,
and pleased to learn that you are helpfully working
about the hospital, and live on an open ward.

You know we at the Reformatory have no authority
or responsibility for your release. To me it is a very
wonderful thing that you are in a modern hospital where
true mental health is valued. I think you ought to have
every confidence in their decisions. It is very likely
that if you are free from strain and worry over a long
enough period of time, you will recover.

We are carrying on here as well as we can. Every-
one is well and cheerful for the most part. You will be
grieved to hear that Miss O'Keere's mother is seriously
ill, and she is absent from us for a few days.

Recently I saw Mrs. Chase at the Wellesley Social
Institute. She asked for you and wished to extend the
greetings of friendship.

Very sincerely yours,

Miriam Van Waters,
Superintendent

MVW/hmo