In closing, permit me to extend to the directors and to the officers
and staff members of the Waldorf Bank my warmest congratulations
for your accomplishments in the field of banking and for your con-
tributions to Charles County and the community of Waldorf.

REMARKS, DEDICATION OF APPRENTICESHIP
INFORMATION CENTER, BALTIMORE

September 15, 1964

Under Secretary Henning, Mayor McKeldin, Mr. Cromwell, Mr.
Hudson, reverend clergy, distinguished guests, and ladies and gen-
tlemen.

I have been looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to par-
ticipating in the ceremonies today officially opening the Appren-
ticeship Information Center here in Baltimore. Obviously, this event
could not have taken place without the assistance and cooperation
of a great many people.

However, as Governor of Maryland and as a citizen interested in
the welfare of future generations of Marylanders, I am particularly
grateful to the members of the Apprenticeship Information Center
Advisory Committee, to the Maryland Department of Employment
Security and to the Bureau of Apprenticeship Training of the U. S.
Department of Labor for their contributions in conceiving and devel-
oping the Apprenticeship Information Center.

As many of you here know, one of the major problems that has
faced the Employment Service Division of the Department of Em-
ployment Security for many years that has been that of attemping
to place round pegs in square holes. By that I mean that in recent
years a relatively good supply of jobs has existed at the same time
that many of our men and women were unable to secure employ-
ment. Essentially this paradox of the labor market was created simply
because those who were unemployed lacked the necessary skills to
qualify for the available jobs. It is my hope that one of the long
range accomplishments of the Apprenticeship Information Center
will be in assisting many of our young people in acquiring skills
compatible with modern industrial techniques.

To perhaps a greater extent than we now realize, the future indus-
trial strength of Maryland, with its world-famous production of such
varied items as ships, missiles, electronic devices, paper, glass, chem-

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