Let us not be lulled into believing that to beat the Republican
candidates, all we have to do is show up at the polls on Election
Day. The election that is being held on November 6 is, in reality,
being decided here and at other rallies and meetings being held
throughout the length and breadth of Maryland....

President Kennedy's manpower training act has afforded us a won-
derful opportunity to assist workers who have lost their jobs be-
cause of technological changes in our society. I am proud to say
that we here in Maryland are joining in President Kennedy's effort
to rehabilitate these workers. The Department of Employment Se-
curity and the Department of Education have already launched a
project to re-tain 2, 500 workers....

One particular project we have pursued at the State level has dealt
with the problem of pocket unemployment. Many of you may recall
that two years ago, I called a conference of Governors of the 11
states comprising the Appalachian Region. The purpose of this Con-
ference was to focus attention on the need for area redevelopment
programs. Now, two years later, I am happy to say that this pur-
pose has been accomplished. New industry is coming into Maryland
and to other areas of the Appalachian Region at an accelerated rate.
Greater emphasis has been placed on attracting science based indus-
tries to the metropolitan area of Washington, D. C. Maryland was
the first state in the nation to establish a business assistance revolv-
ing fund under the federal government's Area Redevelopment Act.

A high ranking national figure said of this: "Maryland is to be
congratulated as the first state in the country to set up an A. R. A.
revolving fund to help local communities. We hope that Maryland's
law will serve as a guideline for other states to follow.... "

One more word before I end my talk this evening. Not long ago,
President Kennedy announced his appointment to the Supreme Court
of the United States a man whom I came to know when he served
this country as Secretary of Labor—Arthur Goldberg.

I received this appointment with mixed emotions because, in my
talks with Secretary Goldberg when he visited Maryland some months
ago, he impressed me as a man keenly aware of the daily problems
that confront the working men and women of Maryland and the
nation I am sure that he carries the good wishes of all of us as
he dons the robe of Associate Justice of the highest tribunal in the
nation.

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