SCIENCE

The development of the "Maryland-D. C. Science-Industry
Complex" as a result of the location of numerous federal and
private industry facilities was recognized by Governor Tawes
as one of the most promising trends in the State's advance.
The Goddard Space Flight Center and the Atomic Energy
Commission laboratories are two examples of outstanding
federal contributors to technological change.

Federal investment in science research activities attract re-
lated private facilities. The Governor was very explicit in
stating the need for the encouragement and promotion of
these activities by State government. He recognized their con-
tribution to a stable, depression-resistant economy and the
superior educational qualifications of the personnel employed.
The two selections presented here are representative of his
interest.

ADDRESS, MARYLAND SCIENCE-
INDUSTRY CONFERENCE

BALTIMORE
May 24, 1961

I am most happy this morning to welcome all of you to this significant
one day meeting. To my mind, nothing is more important to the future
of Maryland than the subject which you are here to discuss today. Just
last week when I and most other Marylanders opened our phone bills,
we were struck by a headline on the regular telephone company enclosure
which read: "Maryland is a space age state. " The reason, according to
the article, is the presence in Prince Georges County of the Goddard
Space Flight Center, the nerve center and main base of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Goddard Center has four
completed buildings and four more in various stages of planning and
construction. Officially established only in 1959, Goddard will have
2, 000 scientists and technicians and administrative personnel at work
by early summer. But the Goddard Space Flight Center is by no means
the only space age installation in Maryland. There are many others,
both governmental and private, and the list is growing longer each day.

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