(seq. 38)

May 1, 1951

Mr. Edward F. Hughes
262 Lake Street
Belmont, Massachusetts

Dear Mr. Hughes:

Your letter of April 28th to Miss Lucille
Devine has been brought to my attention.

I would be glad, indeed to talk with you
concerning a plan of rehabilitation. Certainly you have
my permission to talk with Miss Devine privtely if you
so desire, and I shall leave this instruction at the front
desk.

I must explain to you that the Board of Parole
interviewed Miss Devine, and stated they would not be
unwilling to parole her provided she could get a position
outside a hospital, and not in any case in line with the
duties of a trained nurse.

Miss Devine's nursing l icense has been suspended
and I think there is no likelihood of its ever being re-
stored. She has had several commitments here, and in each
nursing field. I might tell you confidentially that on her
last release I secured a position for her at the Salvation
Army Hospital, where temptation to use drugs was at an
absolute minimum. This work proved monotonous and un-
congenial to Miss Devine, and she left her position.

Those of us who know her well recognize remark-
able abilities. In a business office dealing with publish-
ing, editing, preparing copy, or in writing she would be
first-rate. She has qualities of leadership in group
recreation, and I should think in certain fields of adult
education. She is skillful with her hands and learns
readily although, of course, she has no systematic
secretarial training.