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ALBERT MORRIS
176 Hillcrest Road
Needham, Massachusetts [Sept. 16, 1966]
02192

Dr. Miriam Van Waters
Framingham, Mass

Dear Miriam;
I was delighted to hear from you the other night. More often
than you may imagine I continue to draw upon the remembrance of your wise
counsel and it does my heart good to be aware that you continue to use your
talents so well in helping those who so much need both help and friendship.

Your two letters were on my table when I got home from Boston
about half an hour ago and I hasten to get this reply in themail tonight
in the hope that you will receive it on Saturday. Why you first letter was
returned I do not know inasmuch as I have been in residence here since
August 30. Perhaps it has something to do with our new mail-man and the fact
that the routes have recently been redrawn.

Of course I do not know Walter Hayes or his problem, myself
but I have just telephoned the UPA Office and asked them for a report on
the case and I hope I may have it before I finish this writing. Unfortunately
for this immediate purpose, Henry Mascarello is out of town for a few days
and I cannot talk with him directly.

While I am waiting or the report let me say that although our
financial situation led to our discontinuing direct financial aid which had
been running as high as $11,000 a year, we have certainly not discontinued
personal services and we regularly counsel with those who hcome in. We have
also made arrangements of a new and more effective sort with several other
agencies who accept referrals from us. Even though we have discontinued
routine financial aid we do keep a very small sum available for real
emergencies. As you perhaps know we are also running a legal service for
prisoners under the direction of an able and respected
Attorney, Louis Nordlinger. It is only financial assistance that we have
discontinued and we would not have it otherwise because, quite apart from the
primary object of helping those who need it we need this sort of contact to give us a
view of what goes on in the institutions that we cannot get from other sources
and what is a necessary supplement to these other sources.

The report on Walter Hayes has now come in. I am told that he
has visited the UPA off and on since 1948 and has received a total of $74
in direct financial help during that time. He last came to the office on
June 24, 1966, the day after he was released from Walpole and he asked for
financial help saying that he had no money. After some further discussion he
said he had $50. The UPA worker subsequently telephoned Walpole and was
told that when he left the institution the previous day he had $100.05. The
UPA worker, after Hayes admission that he had $50, agreed to explore other
sources of financial aid and to help him find employment. It is reported
that Hayes did not seem greatly interested in either but did accept a referral
to Walter King of the Mass. State Employment Service.

I appreciate you suggestion about using volunteer counselors
and I shall bring it up for discussion at the UPA and see what we can do
about it. Please accept my thanks for your welcome and valued interest.

With kindest regards,
Sincerely yours,

Albert Morris
P.S. I have just had a further report that on June 27, 1966 Mr. Hayes
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