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MSec. 1)-Capital Journal, Salem, Orr., Mon.t Feb. 21, 1955
Prison Riot Leads Check Of Massachusetts System
By LEONARD P. GIHLIN
BOSTON URA month after four
desperate convicts handed over
their guru at slate prison and
freed five guards held hostage 3'
days, Massachusetts is starting to
take a new look at its penal sys
tem. But progress Is slow.
The people, speaking through the
voice of the Suffolk County trun I
Jury, have called 'or a "thoroush
investigation" at the antiquated,
often-condemned. 150-year-old Bas
tille, soon to be abandoned.
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In particular, the grand Jury
wants to know "how the convicts
. . . were able to get guns, ammu
nition and contraband."."
Three separate inquiries are
under way by the Department
of Correction, Atty. Gen. George
Finsold and a committee of four
experts appointed by Gov. Chris
tian A, litTter.
The grand jury hinted it mit'ht
make a fourth. And in the Slate
I IIou.se of Representatives there
I have been proposals for still an
other. ! So far no agency has made
public its findings.
Standing by watching develop
ments U the seven -m;m commit
tee which prsun('ed the convicts
to give up. This was composted of
the two prison chaplains, the pris
on doctor and four men from out
side selected by the convicts them
selves. These four were Erwin D. Can
ham, editor of the newspaper
Christian Science Monitor; the
Gives special kind of
'comforting warmth' for
KIDS' COLDS
to relieve coughs and loosen oon
frstlon in nose, throat, large bron
dual tubes. Stalnleut
Mid'MUSTEROLE
Rev. John J. Grant, associate ed
itor ol The Pilot, weekly news
paper of the Catholic archdiocese
of Boston: Sumner Babcock,
Drerident of the Boston Bar Assn.:
and Governor's Councillor Patrick
J. McDonough.
The committee promised the
convicts to work for Denal improve'
snents so thai men facing long
sentences and those the rebels
lace amount virtually to life terms
can have some hope for ultimate
release.
The revolt the 17th disturb
ance at the prison in two years
began shortly after 2 am. Tues-
( i.y, Jan. 13.
Two convicts broke out of cells
in the isolated Cherry Hill block,
surprised two guards and locked
llhem ip, then released 18 other
convicts from their .ells, including
the other two ringjeaders.
Bent on escape, the four fash
ioned a ladder out of lumber scraps
held together wilh leader belts and
wire. It proved inadequate. But as
the convicts moveci about the pris
on yard in the dark another guard
making rounds came close and was
taken prisoner.
Still the escape went undetected
until officers in the prison rotun
da sent two guards to Cherry Hill
to check why the others had not
reported. These two also were am
bushed. Unwilling to admit the ladder's
failute hat1 killed their chance to
escape, the convicts held on, airily
demanding i car to take them
through the pates as state troopers
villi riot guns ringed the cell
block. -The
armed stand haDDilv
bloodless through the restraint of
Warden John J. O'Brien's "wait
tl.em out" policy went on for 84
hours until the committee of teven
negotiated a surrender.
With the revolt over, Atty.
Gen. Fingold pressed for indict
ment of the four rebels (a new
law makes holding a guard hostage
punishable by 20 ye3rs imprison
ment! but the grand jury put off
action until March 7, possibly
agreeing with Superior Court Judge
Paul U. Kirk that there is no ru-h.
Meanwhile Ihe governor's inquiry
committee, headed by President
Nils Y. Wessell of Tufts College, is
ready to get rolling on a study of
me actual conditions in our state
correctional ins' .tutions, together
with recommendations ,for im
provement of our penal system."
Since the January siege, the
gray old Charlestown pile with its
580 inmates has been quiet. The
new thrce-million-c'oHar maximum
security nrison at Norfolk, author
ized in is almost ready and
Correction Commissioner E. Law
rence Spurr says the transfer of
Uie convicts will begin April 1.
Hells Canyon Bill Due Q
To Appear This Week
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FOUR CORNERS Trinity
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sor an amateur talent show Feb
ruary 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Com
munity hall. Proceeds of the
show will go toward the chair
fund of the new church. This all-
variety program will be given by
the local young people and chil
dren. Cake and coffee will be sold.
Work on the new church is
progressing rapidly, and it is
hoped that it will be ready for
occupancy early in March.
WASHINGTON ( Backers of
the proposed federal Hells Canyon
Dam plan to ask Congress this
week, probably Wednesday, t o
authorize the controversial Snake
j Kiver project.
At least 25 senators and four
representatives are expected to
sponsor legislation to authorize the
Reclamation Bureau to build the
big dam in the deepest river can-1
yon on the continent, which forms J
the Idaho-Oregon border. i
A Senate bill will be introduced!
by Sen. Morse ID-Ore) and co-l
sponsored ' by other senators ad
vocating the project. In the house,
where co-sponsorship is against the
rule, identical bills are expected!
to be offered by Heps. Pfost tu
Idahol, Green ID-Orel, Magnuson
(D-Wash) and Metcalf (D'.Mont).
The group of public power pro
ponents plans to press tor early
committee hearings in the hope of
gelling a bill through Congress
before the Federal Power Com
mission acts on applicants for
private power dam licenses cov
ering Hells Canyon.
The Idaho Power Co. Is seeking
FPC permission to build a dam
near the proposed federal site and
two others in the Hells Canyon
reach of the Snake, a Columbia
River tributary.
Idaho Power's applications and
testimony taken during a one-year
bearing on them now are being
studied by FPC Examiner William
J. Costello. -
The examiner hopes to write In
May his opinion on whether the
licenses should be granted or the
canyon should be reserved for a
federal dam. FPC Chairman J. K.
Kuykendall recently was quoted
that-the commission may finally
decide the issue in late July or
August at the earliest.
Bills were introduced In both
houses of Congress during the past
session, but they never were I
laVpn im bv committees.
This year, with the Democrats
in control, the public power mem
bers of Congress hope to get ac
tion on the bills. They feel the
chances will be good, especially
in the Senate wilh 26 of the 86
members listed as sponsors of the
bill.
The bills are expected to be
based on measures introduced last
session, as suggested by the Na-
Itlonal Hells Canyon Assn.. which
is fighting Idaho powers tnree
dam plan.
The bills would authorize, but
'not appropriate money for, a dam
estimated to cost 357 million dol.
lars and power transmission facil
ities costing an estimated 100 million.
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