in your State government. I have made many hundreds of appoint-
ments since I was inaugurated as your Governor back in January of
1959. And each and every one has been made on the basis of merit
and qualifications to fill the office. Take my appointments to the
judiciary, for example, because it is in this area that Pollack's demands
have been loudest and most insistent. Now, I am not a lawyer, and
in fields where I have no experience or training that would qualify
me to make the best selections, I turn to the experts—not the political
bosses—for advice. Every single judgeship that I have made since I
became Governor of the State has been made on the recommendations
of the Bar Associations. This includes not only Judges of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City and of the Circuit Courts of the counties, but
those of the lower courts as well, such as the Baltimore Municipal
Court and the People's Court.

I have applied this same standard to all other offices of public
trust in your government. I have ignored the demands of patronage
seekers and heeded the advice of the people whose experience and
knowledge in the field equip them to make the proper recommenda-
tions. I could go on at great length citing you examples, but as I have
told you the record is there for you to examine. It is a record that
proves that I have consistently and without variation spurned Jack
Pollack and his kind in their efforts to serve their own ends and
satisfy their own greed through the system of political patronage....

Let me in conclusion take just a moment to express my sincere
and heartfelt thanks to the great many of you who have written
letters, sent telegrams and made telephone calls to me during these
last few days, voicing your continued confidence and trust in me and
in my Administration.... It was heartwarming and gratifying to me,
also, that the editors of the Sunpapers of Baltimore, after reviewing
my record as Governor have just given me their endorsement and
recommended that you vote for me in this primary. The editorial,
after listing the many accomplishments of my Administration, had
this to say, and I quote: "The record taken as a whole is a good
record. " And it concluded with this final paragraph, and again I
quote: "Registered Democrats will perform a service to their party
and their State in rejecting Mr. Mahoney's candidacy and casting
their ballots instead for Governor Tawes. "

My friends, on next Tuesday you will go to the polls as free
Americans to choose the man who will be your Governor for the next
four years. I ask you to join with me and my running mates in our
efforts to continue sound, responsible and progressive government in
Maryland.

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