Under the chairmanship of Attorney General Thomas B. Finan and
with the assistance of qualified experts in police administration, this
committee now is conducting its study. I can assure you that prompt and
appropriate action by Mayor McKeldin and me will follow, for both
of us are keenly aware of our obligations to furnish the citizens of
Baltimore with the best possible police protection.

In devoting much of its broadcast time today to a discussion of
law enforcement problems, WBAL News has performed an important
public service, for without a public understanding of the problems,
there will be no public support for solutions.

ADDRESS, TRIAL MAGISTRATES ASSOCIATION
OF MARYLAND

BALTIMORE

March 5, 1966

It has been said that he who receives a benefit should never forget
it and he who bestows it should never remember it. And so, my
observation now may not be entirely appropriate. I am constrained,
nevertheless, to observe that before me are a great many persons who
are serving, or have served, as trial magistrates by executive appoint-
ment, by and with the advice and consent of the State Senate, of
course.

The risk involved in making appointments to public office has been
stated in many ways, but I think the thought was expressed best by
Louis XIV, the Grand Monarch of France, who said for every ap-
pointment he made 99 enemies and one ingrate. This is a witticism,
containing a strong kernel of truth but not to be taken too literally.
Before me I can see no countenances expressing ingratitude.

But to get back to my original maxim, if bestowing upon you the
office of trial magistrate was a benefit, I should forget it. You should
remember it, according to the saying, but I should not. In any case,

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