Houghton and Mr. Clarence Miles have broken new ground in the
concept of using private funds and private genius for the public good.
The foresight and broad vision of Mr. Houghton and Mr. Miles is
readily apparent if one reads the official prospectus of the Wye In-
stitute, which states, and I quote, "The Wye Institute is a non-profit
organization whose primary purpose is to assist in the educational,
cultural, and economic development of the nine counties of the
Eastern Shore of Maryland. " It is indeed difficult to think of a private
project in the history of Maryland of greater magnitude or with a
greater capacity for good.

As a result of the broad scope of the Wye Institute I might say
that we in government stand a bit in awe of the potential that lies
before you. As a state governor, the problems that face me daily —
the problems that I consider to be most important — are always in
the fields of improving the economic well-being and the educational
advantages of our citizens. The emergence of an organization on the
Eastern Shore having these same objectives seems almost too good to
be true. For that reason I believe that our State Agencies and the Wye
Institute have a great deal to think about together. In order to do
that successfully, the State should guard against relaxing its efforts
on the Eastern Shore, thereby foisting an extra burden of responsi-
bility on the Wye Institute. On the other hand, we must work closely
with the Institute in our planning so that we don't duplicate each
other. And over and above both of these admonitions is the fact that
neither the State nor the Wye Institute can be really effective unless
the citizens of the Shore and the local county and municipal govern-
ments are brought into full and complete partnership with every-
thing that is done.

Following this line of thought, I would like to draw the attention
of this group to the recent formation of the Delmarva Advisory
Council. This organization, with membership representing Maryland,
Delaware and Virginia, will in all probability acquire a $30, 000
budget and a small staff in the near future. Its aims, when measured
against its budget, seem monumental, but here they are:

First, to promote tourism and recreation;

Second, to press for better highways and waterways on the 'Shore;

Third, to promote industrial development; and

Fourth, to encourage planning in the fields of zoning, economic pro-
jections, the use of Federal funds, and other long-range projects.

All of these things sound like a big order. Nevertheless, they are

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