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[Letterheaded paper]The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Defenders Committee
8 Beacon Street. Boston 02108

WILLIAM P HOMANS JR..CHAIRMAN
WILLIAM C. FLANNAGAN, SECRETARY
LARUE BROWN
JOHN H. BURKE JR.
EDWARD J. DUGGAN
HERBERT B. EHRMANN
RAYNOR M. GARDINER
FRANK L. KOZOL
LAURENCE H. LOUGEE
MOST REV. ERIC F. MACKENZIE
FREDERICK H. NORTON JR.

September 21, 1966

Dr. Miriam Van Waters
14 Clark Street
Framingham, Mass.

Dear Dr. Van Waters:

I received your letter of September 14. Seldom does anyone
express interest in the Defendants represented by this office.

I can assure you that I will do everything in my power to
convince the judge that Mr. Hayes deserves another chance in
society. At present, I do not have too much hope for Mr Hayes
since this present trouble stems from an incident only a
month after Mr. Hayes' release from an institution.

Thank you again for your courteous letter and your interest
in this matter.

Very truly yours,

Paul V. Buckley

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