at restoration and improvement through urban renewal, the City of
Baltimore merits the cooperation and support of all the citizens of the
State.

The State government has attempted to make its own planning fit
into this program for the redevelopment of Baltimore. Our interest in
the renewal of the city manifested itself in the beginning in this building
project which we are dedicating today. It is my aim and my intention
to continue this joint effort throughout my term as Governor.

The much-needed expansion of the professional schools of the Uni-
versity of Maryland has been incorporated in Baltimore's urban renewal
program. The first budget that I submitted to the General Assembly as
Governor contained a capital-improvement allotment for this purpose.

The one I shall submit for next year will contain another. In improv-
ing and expanding the State's physical plant, we can assist the city
in improving itself.

So, as we dedicate this splendid new edifice to the service of all of the
people of Maryland, we take pride and pleasure in the fact that it has
contributed to the beauty and betterment of the State's chief city.

ADDRESS, ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL
BROOKLANDVILLE

April 17, 1961

I shall speak to you this morning on the problems confronting a
Governor of Maryland, a topic which was suggested to me by Mr. Clark,
your assistant headmaster. I rather regret that he assigned such a sub-
ject, for to discuss the problems of my office means I must dwell at
length upon my troubles and I don't particularly like to inflict my
troubles upon others...

The problems become apparent when we consider the duties imposed
upon that office by the Constitution and the laws adopted thereunder
and by customs and practices which in the course of history have come
to be associated with the position. He is the State's chief executive
officer, and as such is responsible for the operation of the numerous
departments and agencies of State government. He is not—as you know,
under the doctrine of the separation of powers—a legislative officer,
but he, nevertheless, performs many functions of a legislative nature.

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