ARTHUR W. SHERWOOD TESTIMONIAL DINNER 453

To preserve the peace in this summer of discontent, the State has
shared in initiating and sustaining the crash job program; and in
saving Operation Champ, the inner City recreational program.

These highlights of State action are indicative of State concern and
commitment. We are not content to sit idly by while Baltimore floun-
ders or to delegate our responsibility, interest and voice in Balti-
more's affairs to the Federal government. The Agnew administration
recognizes its responsibilities and is prepared to meet them; for as
goes Baltimore, so goes Maryland.

However, primarily interest, leadership, and responsibility remain
vested within the City's government — and Arthur Sherwood is quali-
fied to continue Republican command of City Hall.

Commitment is a prerequisite to constructive action. Arthur Sher-
wood was born in Baltimore County and could have remained aloof
from the City's politics and problems. Yet, his faith in the City's
future compelled him to resettle within its limits and motivated his
fight to reform, renew, and revitalize Baltimore.

Like New York's Mayor Lindsay, Arthur Sherwood's interests are
vast and his vision all-embracing. He has shared policy-making respon-
sibility for some of Baltimore's leading cultural institutions such as
the Walters Art Gallery and has served as president of the venerable
Peale Museum, our nation's first genuine art center. In appreciation
of the importance of Baltimore's image in the world, Arthur has
served as a board member of the Baltimore Council of Foreign Visi-
tors. His fiery role and record as a minority member of the City's
Board of Election Supervisors made the Sherwood name synonymous
with reform.

Most important of all were his years of service with the Federal
Housing Administration, first as FHA Director of Baltimore City and
later as special assistant to the FHA Commissioner in Washington. In
those years of study and travel throughout America and the world,
Arthur Sherwood became an expert about and a master of urban
renewal and redesign. This experience alone would commend him
to the Mayoralty.

For Baltimore has just lost the genius of Richard Steiner — and
while we congratulate Mr. Steiner, we shall miss him. While we
recognize that his great assignment puts his talents to the service of
an entire nation, it is at the sacrifice of our City. Mr. Steiner's posi-
tion can be replaced, but Mr. Steiner cannot be. Certainly, the new