REMARKS AT DEDICATION OF NEW BUILDING,
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

BALTIMORE

April 5, 1965

Mr. Warren, Mr. Wehr, members of the board of trustees and of
the staff of the Children's Hospital of Baltimore, distinguished guests,
ladies and gentlemen:

Of all the pleasant tasks I am called upon to perform as chief execu-
tive of this State, I can think of none that affords me more inspiration
and more encouragement than to dedicate a building such as you have
erected here—a structure which has been designed to improve the
health of the people of this community. I recall that the very first
building I dedicated after I was inaugurated in January, 1959, was a
hospital building. Since that time I have had the pleasure and the
privilege of participating in dozens of such ceremonies.

It is encouraging and inspiring, as I have said, because it indicates
this great State, where much of the history of modern medicine has
been written, continues to move forward in the creation of facilities
for the better care and treatment of its sick and for the overall better
health of its citizens. This hospital itself—the Children's Hospital of
Baltimore—for more than a half century has figured prominently in
the noble chapters of medical history which have been written in our
State. It is gratifying to all of us, therefore, to see on these grounds
a new building which enable it to render an even better service to the
afflicted children of this city and this State.

The Children's Hospital of Baltimore has pioneered in many fields
in the treatment of children, and has done a magnificent job in this
endeavor. I had the pleasure, during my first year as Governor, of
dedicating the new dental treatment center for the handicapped, which
I understand was the first of its kind in the entire world. Along with
many other citizens of the State, I have watched the hospital grow,
expanding its programs of medical care year by year and at the same
time preserving its well-deserved reputation as an institution which
emphasizes the "tender, loving, care" of its patients. This addition to
its patients. This addition to its plant. All of us are certain, will
make it possible for Children's Hospital to improve upon the services
it renders in the care and treatment of our children.

Earlier I alluded to the important role the City of Baltimore and
the State of Maryland have played in the advancement of the art and