land is a "progressive" state. But what does "progressive" mean? In
this context, it means economic development gains — that employ-
ment, population, income, and sales are rising: that dozens or hun-
dreds of new industries are being built, creating thousands or hun-
dreds of thousands of new jobs. And "progress' is ordinarily further
proven by listing public accomplishments, such as new roads, better
educational systems, and the like.

Let me hasten to say, Maryland can play this game as well as
any state in this nation — probably better. I could stand up here and
recite economic statistics, list new industries, and describe public
projects and programs and infinitum until you would gladly run up
the white flag and concede my point. But those facts and figures are
in the publications that have been offered to you, and I invite you
to look them over at your convenience. For my part, I am not going
to waste this rare opportunity in proving to you that we are just
like every other state.

In the final analysis, what "progress" really means, in my opinion,
is people. To paraphrase one of our wise ancestors, "men, not build-
ings, make a state. "

We in Maryland, traditionally hospitable, traditionally involved
for three centuries in creating our own "great society, " are indeed
more interested, that behind the spade at every ground breaking,
supporting each brick that houses an industry, stands a creative
vitality. Too often this is forgotten as plants expand, as buildings
rise, and the statistics soar. That men — individuals of extra-ordinary
ability — are responsible for the orderly progress of science, of tech-
nology, of tall the variations on an excellent economic theme, we
should like to remember today and ought to remember every day.

We are fortunate in that in Maryland we have more than our share
of men of initiative and foresight who are capable of translating their
thinking into attainable programs: who regard problems as challenges
to be met and not subjects for lamentation. This is demonstrated by
the new Charles Center, the Civic Center, and other structures that
have transformed downtown Baltimore, and by further plans now
under way which will make Maryland's largest city one of the most
modern and inspiring urban centers in America. A major part of
these plans is a $6 million new science center, financed by a unique
state-municipal-private partnership.

Maryland's creative responses to challenge are manifest also by the
new University of Maryland campus being built near Baltimore,
by the new deepwater port at Cambridge on the Eastern Shore, and

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