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From I'Affaire McGrath will proceed several severe setbacks to the Department of Correction...
...First, the Commissioner may well become a rubber-stamp for the county organizations, the governor, the parole board (one of whose members was instrumental in lobbying for the appointment of McGrath's successor). McGrath is a fighter, and he fought pressure from all sides, such as industries' complaining about competition from prison training programs, to get what he needed...
...Second, the first intrusion of politics into the Department of Correction in 15 years will, in the words of one state official with several correction employees under his authority, "unquestionably hurt morale." It took many years for McGrath to build morale in the Department, and John Volpe had no right to jeopardize this...
...Third, the exemplary working relations between the Department of Correction and the resources of the state--government agencies, universities, and industry--are in serious jeopardy. McGrath was widely respected. The new commissioner is coming in under a cloud, and it remains to be seen what type of cooperation outside sources will offer...
Fortunately McGrath has left a substantial heritage and qualified staff behind him. The question is how far they'll be allowed to go, now that a political specter has been resurrected in the Department of Correction by Volpe...