listed in the minutes of the meeting of the Advisory Council, held last
September 18th. Fortunately, there is one other item also listed —
"cooperation and liaison with the Wye Institute". At this stake of
the game, this last item could be the most important of all. Certainly
it is evident that anyone concerned with the economy of the Eastern
Shore will almost inevitably break down the problem areas in group-
ings somewhat akin to those just named.

Essentially the Eastern Shore has been confronted for the past
quarter century with the same basic problems — a decline of the
commercial fishing industry, isolation from the mainland, and a lack
of a trained and highly motivated labor force. As of now, one of these
elements — isolation — has been at least partially removed. A break-
through has occurred. It is now incumbent upon all of us to attack
the remaining problems with renewed vigor. One thing the Wye
Institute has done — even before it turns its hand to any one specific
project — is to give notice by its very existence that a new and power-
ful force has begun to work for the common good on the Eastern
Shore. If the word of the arrival of the Wye Institute has convinced
even one able, young native 'Shoreman to stay home and put his
talents to work on the 'Shore, then the Wye Institute has already done
this community a great service.

After all, it is no mystery that the old ways of life on the Eastern
Shore are going to undergo vast changes in the years ahead. The two
great concrete and steel links that now bind this peninsula to the
mainland will take care of that, come what may. It is our job to see
that these changes happen in an orderly way, in a way that will bring
increased economic and cultural values to the Eastern Shore. Growth
we will surely have. But growth does not necessarily mean progress.
It is up to us to see to that.

The Wye Institute and the Delmarva Advisory Council are two
organizations that have come into being for the express purpose of
seeing to it that progress does accompany growth. Both of these or-
ganizations are in an embryonic stage. It is our job to see that these
groups, and others, work together to produce the maximum possible
net benefits for the people of the Eastern Shore. The Wye Institute,
both because of its superb all-encompassing approach, and because of
its strong and long-term financing, will be the natural leader of much
long-range planning as well as the instigator of numerous pilot pro-
jects. With this kind of an assist, State and local government projects
undoubtedly will get off to a faster and surer start. When the re-
sources of the Wye Institute combine with those of the State or local

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