the bill in meetings in Cumberland and Hagerstown and Pittsburgh
and Charleston and Lexington and Atlanta — not in Washington,
D. C. But to get to the quote. These were the closing words in that
1960 address: "I believe that the time is ripe for the launching of
some forceful interstate action in regard to the pressing problems
of the Appalachian region, and I am most hopeful that this Con-
ference today will be the seedbed out of which will grow a new aware-
ness of our obligations to the mountain areas of our states. " Now
four years later, that wish has been fulfilled. This bill which you have
before you has grown from that seedbed. I cannot urge you too
strongly to take the steps needed to make this seedling live and
flourish for the lasting benefit of Appalachia.

ADDRESS, LIONS CLUB
KITZMILLER

July 19, 1965

President White, Mr. Hutson, members of the Kitzmiller Lions
Club and their ladies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen:

It is a thrilling and inspiring experience always to travel in the
mountains of Western Maryland, and so I was most gratified when
Lewis Hutson sent me the invitation to attend this meeting of the
Kitzmiller Lions Club.

In counting my blessings, as I do from time to time, I always con-
sider my great and good fortune in having been born a Marylander.
And you Marylanders who live here are doubly blest in being able
to spend your days in such magnificent surroundings. Certainly the
mountains and the valleys of Garrett County are unexcelled anywhere
that I know for their sheer beauty. With such an endowment by
nature, it is most regrettable that, as a result mainly of history and
geography, the region has experienced some difficulty in keeping with
the remainder of the State economically. But I know, as you do, that
this conditions can be corrected, and it is the corrective measures
which have been taken, and the corrective measures that are planned,
that I wish to discuss with you this evening.

We are witnessing, right here in these environs, one of the most
dramatic efforts ever made to improve the lot of people who have
been victimized by economic circumstances over which they had little

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