Word: mcgrath
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week, in a move which astounded even members of his own party, Governor Volpe announced hat he would not reappoint George McGrath as Commissioner of Correction, despite Volpe's statements on at least six occasions that McGrath had done a good job. With rare unanimity, the virtually, every newspaper, prison superintendent, and penologist in and out of Massachusetts...
Wading through the unbelievable morass that is county politics in Massachusetts, this commission concluded that the county houses of correction should be turned over to the well-developed state corrections system, run by Commissioner McGrath...
After the commission's report was issued, McGrath actively and vociferously supported the change, thus earning the hatred of virtually every sheriff in Massachusetts. The reason for the sheriffs' concern is clear: the awarding of supply contracts, together with the patronage in the non-civil service county houses of correction, is of enormous importance. In state where sheriffs exercise great power over the county political organizations, angering a sheriff is fatal...
...McGrath's replacement is, like McGrath, a Democrat, and in this lies the subtle insidiousness of Volpe's action. Volpe has evidently bowed not to the spoils system, but to the organized power of politicians of both parties--the sheriffs--whose main function, with some exception, has been squeezing their discredited county houses of correction for every cent available. Volpe has firmly established that the sheriffs of the Commonwealh tell the governor what...
...state where deals, corruption and inefficiency have recurred with a monotonous regularity, the Department of Correction has been a refreshing oasis, presided over by a tough, scrappy, honest, and superbly competent commissioner. McGrath has continued to push the Correction Department into a position of national renown...