made its appearance again in 1961 when it came time for me to ap-
point the Judges of the new Municipal Court which had been estab-
lished by my Administration as a Court reform measure for Baltimore
City.

He wanted his son-in-law to be Chief Judge of that Court. He
threatened again to play the tape recording in public unless I com-
plied with his demand. But I did just what I thought was expected
of me—and just what I believe any one of you would have done in
the same situation. I had before me a list of persons certified by the
Bar Associations as being most highly qualified for these positions.
Pollack's son-in-law was not listed as one of these. I made my selections
from the persons recommended to me by the experts in the profession,
and told him to go ahead and play his tape recording. Again it was
not played. He undoubtedly thought there would be another and
perhaps more propitious time to use it. I kept hearing reports about
the recording from time to time when I refused to talk with Pollack
about appointments. In short, Jack Pollack has been consistently
repulsed in his persistent effort to gain a foothold in your State
government.

The best evidence of this is the fact that he has endorsed my prin-
cipal opponent, George P. Mahoney, for the Governorship. Why has
he done this? It is obvious to those who know the ways of the power-
hungry political boss. Forced out of the Baltimore City Hall by Mayor
J. Harold Grady and denied a voice in the State government by my
Administration, he turned to Mahoney to save himself from total
obliteration as a political figure. For, as one of our great newspapers
in Maryland said editorially just this week—and it was writing about
the subject I am discussing—political patronage is the only means by
which the political boss can survive.

Now, I am not proud of even my limited associations with this man.
To be very frank with you, I regret deeply that I ever had any rela-
tions with him, and you may believe me that if my foresight were as
good as my hindsight nowhere at all would his name appear upon
the record of my Administration. Although the experience was pain-
ful, it was a revealing experience. And I thank heaven that I learned
in the very beginning that I could not deal with this individual and
still fulfill my obligations and my responsibilities to you people who
elected me to the high office I hold.

The record of my appointments speaks for itself on this point, and
it proves conclusively that Jack Pollack and his kind have not in-
fluenced my selection of men and women to hold positions of trust

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