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Q. Does that mean that you're reviewing Mr. Housley?

A. No, it doesn't. It means that I've made the same review of this
position as every other position I have had to appoint. But it doesn't
mean that I'm looking with any more intense scrutiny as this; I just
haven't had a chance to talk with Mr. Housley.

Q. Concerning racial disturbances in many cities, are you doing any-
thing along those lines?

A. Well, we are doing everything we can. Dr. Ware is working very
hard in this Summer Work Opportunities program, and I had a
chance to have about an hour and a half meeting with him last week
and I'm very pleased with the results he's getting. I think the climate
in Baltimore should be very good to avoid any kind of racial violence
this year. I've been in reasonably close touch with the members and
leaders of the Negro community, and I find nothing that gives me
any cause for alarm.

Q. Have you done anything to prevent overreaction by police in
Negro communities?

A. No, I haven't. I just heard of that today, that particular claim
on the part of Senator Mitchell. I think that this sort of thing always
comes to attention when something erupts in another geographic area.
I've always been one who believes in the police being extremely care-
ful in the exercise of power. But, on the other hand, I think it's reason-
able to expect that they have got a law enforcement job to do and
the job must be accomplished. If a few feelings get hurt in the pro-
cess, it's not the end of the world. I'm talking about the feelings of
the people who happen to be breaking the law. But I think the rights
of citizens who are simply in the way of law enforcement, without
being the targets of police action, have to be very carefully safe-
guarded.

Q. Governor, a couple of days ago the President nominated a Mary-
lander to sit on the Supreme Court. What's your reaction to the nomi-
nation of Thurgood Marshall?

A. I think Thurgood Marshall's nomination is an excellent one. This
man has, and this is not a racial consideration, this man has tre-
mendous ability. He's served well as Solicitor General. He's an ex-
perienced constitutional lawyer. I wish we had had him around when
the tax bill was drawn. I think he'll do a magnificent job on the Su-
preme Court. I have had a chance to talk with him personally, not
since his elevation to the bench, but on several other occasions, and I