Word: gills
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...very apparent from the proceedings in the Governor's chamber yesterday that Governor Ely and Commissioner Dillon find little to comfort them in the present settup of the Gill inquiry. The body of the attack was originally to have centered in the report of Francis X. Hurley, state auditor. That report was, for some, a distinct disappointment. Intelligent public faith in it was destroyed by the press fanfare which accompanied the confidential investigation and which derived its information from "authoritative sources in the State House;" to a great many the whole business looked like a publicity stunt, designed to build...
...appears that Mr. Ely and Mr. Dillon, uncomfortable and bored as they may be, have little to fear from the present farce. But one is inclined to worry about the status of Mr. Gill. He is a capable, honest, and intelligent public servant. In his report to Governor Ely on January 24, Mr. W. Cameron Forbes, an unbiased observer, stated that the Gill administration at Norfolk was "the one creditable page in the history of prison administration in Massachusetts." His answer to the allegations presented yesterday were as satisfactory as any reasonable man could desire, and the indications are that...
Regarding the investigation of the Norfolk Prison Administration, as a result of which a hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 6. Professor Warner emphatically stated that Howard B. Gill '13 was "the best prison administrator in the whole state of Massachusetts." He characterized Mr. Gill as an able, honest, and enthusiastic man. "Mr. Gill is an idealist, and is interested in saving the souls of men. His only fault was that he was not interested in paper work, and should have had a capable deputy to control this part of the prison's affairs...
Four members of the Harvard faculty were included on a committee of ten citizens who met with Governor Ely this week in support of Howard B. Gill '13, now under fire in the investigation of the Norfolk Prison Administration. The professors who discussed conditions at the prison with the Governor were William E. Hocking '01, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity; Kirtley F. Mather, Professor of Geology; Kendrick N. Marshall '21, Instructor in Government; and J. Anton de Haas '11, William Ziegler Professor of International Relationships...
After the conference with the committee, Governor Ely had a meeting with Mr. Gill, at which Sheldon Glueck '23, Professor of Criminology, Mr. Gill's friend and adviser, was present...