but, because of time, their fulfillment was left to his successor, or
successors.

The pace he set in making speeches during the first term, an
average of about three a week, Governor Tawes maintained during
the last four years. In this second volume of his collected speeches
and papers are many of the speeches he made on these and other
topics.

—ODELL M. SMITH
Annapolis, Maryland
January 1, 1967

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