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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

BUREAU OF PRISONS
_ WASHINGTON

PERSONAL

October 9, 1954

Dr. L. W. Kolb, Superintendent
' Federal Narcotic Farm
Lexington, Kentucky

Dear Dr. Kolb:

I hope you will permit me to express in this somewhat more
formal way my appreciation of your cooperation during the time you
were superintendent of the Hospital for Defective Delinquents at
Springfield, Missouri. As you know I am very much interested in the
development of this institution as I feel that it is a distinct step
forward in establishing an integral system of Federal Penal and Cor-
rectional Institutions.

As the first superintendent of the hospital your task has
been most difficult and trying because you were plowing new ground
and establishing new policies. It seems to me that you have estab—
lished a sound basis for the future development of the hospital which
I am sure will eventually prove to mark an epoch in the development of
state and Federal penal policies.

I congratulate you and wish you well on the new task to
which you have been assigned. Although I regret that your superiors
have felt it necessary to relieve you of your duties at the Spring-
field Hospital, your assignment to the Narcotic Farm reassures me and ~
makes me believe that this other lively experiment in correctional
treatment will be successful. Having worked as I did closely with
the authors of this legislation I know something of their views and
I feel that were Congressman Porter alive today he would join me in
commending the Public Health Service for assigning you to this new
activity.

  
 
  
   

With all good wishes,
Faithfully,

4 yy 4
KK Sah

Assistant Director