forestry and recreational programs will be important. Our soil con-
servation districts, which are co-sponsoring this meeting, will play a
major role through their small watershed programs....

Cooperation between agencies—local, state and federal—is essential
to the intelligent development of our water resources. There must
be cooperation between the people living in the basin, who, for one
reason or another, may have interests which are conflicting. We be-
lieve that the value of this great river to the people of Maryland
demands that we get on with the job.

ADDRESS, ANNUAL COMMISSIONERS AND GOVERNORS
CONFERENCE ON METROPOLITAN TRAFFIC PROBLEMS

WASHINGTON, D. C.
October 10, 1960

I am delighted to have this opportunity to come here today to
discuss problems my own State of Maryland has in common with
our neighbors of Virginia and the District of Columbia.

The sheer geography of this huge metropolitan area which has
grown up around our national capital — with the federal district
melting into the neighboring communities of Virginia and Maryland
—speaks more eloquently than any words I could fashion of the need
for united action for the solution of our problems. When I drive
into or out of the city of Washington from my residence in Annap-
olis—as I do so frequently—I am seldom, if ever, conscious of the
time I leave one jurisdiction and enter another. My constituents
who live in the urbanized areas of Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties are oriented socially, culturally and economically to this
city; it is inevitable that they consider themselves to be Washing-
tonians. The same may be said of the Virginians who live in Arling-
ton and Fairfax Counties and the municipalities of Falls Church
and Alexandria. The point I make is that the physical circumstances
alone compel us to join hands in our effort to attain the many objec-
tives we have in common.

In such things as planning, zoning, water supply, sewage disposal,
parks and recreation, mass transit, traffic control and traffic safety,
our problems are alike and our goals are similar. It would be fool-

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