TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD ............................................

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Highlights of the Tawes Administration, First Term,

1959-1963 ..............................................

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MESSAGE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY:

Inaugural Address, January 14, 1959 .....................

1

Abbreviated Budget Message, January 27, 1959 ...........

5

Proposal for Reorganization of State Roads Commis-

sion, February 12, 1959 ...............................

12

State of the State and Abbreviated Budget Message,

February 3, 1960 .....................................

19

State of the State Message, January 4, 1961 ..............

29

Abbreviated Budget Message, January 24, 1961 ...........

40

State of the State and Abbreviated Budget Message,

February 7, 1962 ....................................

50

ADDRESSES, MESSAGES, AND STATEMENTS

OF GENERAL INTEREST:

AGRICULTURE:

Greetings, Maryland Farm Bureau Banquet, Baltimore,

January 13, 1061 ...... . ...........

62

Address, Lions Club and Rotary Club "Farmers Night"

Dinner, Snow Hill, November 27, 1961 ...............

64

Remarks, Maryland Farm Bureau Banquet, Baltimore,

January 19, 1962 ....................................

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Remarks on National 4-H Week, Annapolis, February

16, 1962 ........................................

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APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Address, Governor's Conference on the Appalachian

Region, Annapolis, May 20, 1960 ....................

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Address, Appalachian Governor's Conference Second

Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, October 17, 1960 ......

75

Address, Maryland Highway Contractors Association,

Baltimore, February 13, 1961 ........................

78

Address, Appalachian Conference, Cumberland, Aug-

ust 14, 1962 ........................................

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