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the private college and the very special role of a women's college. In
those words first said by Charles McIver, but so often said by Otto
Kraushaar, "When you educate a man, you educate an individual;
when you educate a woman, you educate a family. "

The State of Maryland wishes Dr. Perry and his College Godspeed
in their great work.

JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION

May 3, 1968

(Opening Comments by the Governor)

I think I've had what has to be considered one of the most unusual
privileges ever afforded a Governor of Maryland today in that for the
first time in my memory, and certainly for the first time in the fifteen
months I have been in office, the heads of the executive, legislative,
and judicial branches of government have met together to discuss
one subject. And it may seem very unusual that without any difficulty
we arrived at a unanimous conclusion that we were in support of the
new Constitution. I have been empowered by Chief Judge Hall Ham-
mond of the Court of Appeals, Senator James, President of the Senate,
and Mr. Mandel, Speaker of the House of Delegates, to read this joint
statement.

(Joint Statement)

As heads of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the
State government of Maryland, we have carefully examined the pro-
posed new State Constitution which will be presented to the voters
on Tuesday, May 14th.

We commend it most highly as a fundamentally sound instrument
of government and urge that you vote in favor of ratification at the
special election.

We believe the proposed new Constitution is an effective, workable
and enduring answer to the many problems we now face in the ad-
ministration of State government. It is far better than the present
cumbersome Constitution, which has been amended more than 200
times since it was adopted in 1867.