well as provide for future traffic growth. The study would result in a
comprehensive report to the 1963 session of the General Assembly. It
would give the members of that body a solid series of guideposts on
which they could base a decision. It would help to determine the size
and character of our next giant step in the transportation field; deter-
mine what should be done to maintain and improve mobility and acces-
sibility in Maryland for generations to come.

With the need for an immediate start on this difficult, but intensely
needed project so obvious, I will urge the forthcoming session of the
General Assembly to favorably consider a resolution directing the State
Roads Commission to begin the study so it can be presented to the 1963
session.

ADDRESS PROGRESS INSPECTION OF
DUNDALK MARINE TERMINAL

BALTIMORE

August 7, 1962

Please permit me to thank you for taking time from your busy sched-
ules to join me in this inspection of a significant new facility in the Port
of Baltimore. What we are seeing here today is a huge development, and
while it is only partially completed, I am sure that you are not dis-
appointed in what you have seen.

This Dundalk Terminal has been described as the finest marine facil-
ity of its type on the Atlantic Coast—a description, incidentally, that
was made by an official of one of our competing ports to the north and
not by our own people. The terminal at this stage is about 30 per cent
complete. Large areas still remain for additional piers. There is wide
acreage available for the attraction of marine-supported businesses.
Additional structures are now under contract or planned for the near
future. The Maryland Port Authority is looking into the possibility of
setting aside a portion of this vast acreage for a free trade zone.

Briefly, gentlemen, what we see here today is only the beginning, but,
you will agree, I believe, that it represents an excellent start. Perhaps
more important than the facility itself is the fact that this is an out-
standing example of government and private business working hand-
in-hand for the betterment of the people of Maryland. While this huge
Dundalk Terminal is owned by the Maryland Port Authority, all com-
mercial operations here are carried out by private businessmen. The

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