684 ADDRESSES AND STATE PAPERS

Kennedy, fortunately, in front of him. The fellow who sits behind
him tells me it's a rather hairy experience.

Speaking of politics, you know for example that I prefer Nelson
Rockefeller over Harold Stassen, and Marvin Mandel over either. It
certainly has been refreshing to deal with the Maryland General
Assembly. How sweet it is to compare present politics, for instance,
with the old days when I was Baltimore County Executive working
with the County Council, composed of only seven men — six of them
from the opposition party. Some people think the Council and I
didn't get along, but actually we did. Our relationship was always
cordial and consistent. When, in a gentlemanly manner, I would
propose something they, in an equally gentlemanly manner, would
always turn it down. Dale Anderson sometimes had trouble in con-
vincing Wally Williams what the Democratic position should be. As
a matter of fact, he sometimes had trouble even after he convinced
him. Because with Wally, the vote frequently came out backwards.

By the way, what's happened to Hyman Pressman? The last time
I saw him was at the Green Bay game where he was waving his arms
about behind the Packer bench demanding that Vince Lombardi and
several 300-pound linemen sit down so that some fans sitting in the
first row could see the game. Any doubts that I ever had about Hy-
mie's courage were dispelled on the moment. Any doubts I had about
his judgment dissipated equally as quickly.

Little doubt remains that the execution of public office has become
more difficult in modern times. For example, last year I was burned
in effigy for raising the taxes and spending too much money. This
year I am being castigated (oddly enough, mostly by the same people)
for crippling education, health and welfare with an austerity budget.
The continued cry of special interest groups is, "Don't spend any
money on anyone but us. "

In addition to the financial problems of government, which are in-
deed formidable, an impossible situation exists in relationships be-
tween the races. Actually, relationships are not as bad as the militant,
the right-wing kooks and the media would have us believe. What
makes things very bad is the continued publication of the most ir-
responsible utterances of the Joseph Carrolls, Connie Lynchs, Rap
Browns and Stokely Carmichaels. We all year for the return of the
day when self-seeking publicity hunters can again be ignored. We
need to restore the criterion that a person must truly be motivated
by more than his own desire to see his name in print and must truly