that many people all over the nation are focusing attention on this
meeting here today.

It is my hope that from this meeting will emerge a new concept of
federal contracting responsibility, a concept that—without detracting
from our insistence that the best value be received from each federal
dollar we spend—will nevertheless make it easier to channel those dollars
into areas of labor surplus. Such a concept, originating here in Balti-
more today, may have a difficult road from conception to fruition; but I
feel that Secretary Goldberg's presence here today is positive evidence
that the concept is off to a good start. I know that all of you are inter-
ested in his views on these very vital matters and the impressions which
he has obtained from his visits this morning.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you our truly great Secre-
tary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg.

REMARKS, FORMAL OPENING OF

OAKLAND KNITTING MILLS

OAKLAND

March 19, 1962

An event of this kind is an occasion for celebration, the kind of cele-
bration I wish I could attend every week because it heralds economic
growth in Maryland. But even more fundamental to our way of life, it
represents the beneficial results of an adventure in cooperation between
the local community, the State government and the federal Redevelop-
ment Program. This is convincing evidence that when Americans are
faced with an emergency, they can pull together to win over any chal-
lenge they may have to meet.

I am glad to see Dr. Sparks, chief of industrial development for our
Maryland Department of Economic Development here today, and Mr.
Charles Leete, full-time field coordinator in Maryland for the Area
Redevelopment Administration, both of whom supplied assistance to the
Garrett County Economic Development Committee in the solicitation
of Oakland Knitting Mills to locate here. We are all aware of the
surplus labor problem faced by Garrett County and several other areas
within the State. Here we have a clear example of your county, with an
assist from the State and Federal governments, coming up with a real-
istic and practical answer to an unfortunate situation. We can see at
first hand the dividends created through the A. R. A. re-training pro-

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