82 ADDRESSES AND STATE PAPERS

against this killer that becomes less of a scourge with the passing of
each enlightened year.

However, it is still a major challenge to all of us. The fact that
5, 200 Marylanders will die from this disease in 1967 and approxi-
mately 10, 000 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the State in-
dicates the gravity and the emergency of the problem.

We in Maryland are fortunate to have as our State President this
year a man with the national reputation that Dr. Edward F. Lewison
enjoys as a cancer specialist. As most of you know, he is Chief of the
Breast Clinic at Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Professor of
Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and one of the
leading authorities on breast cancer.

You will hear from Mr. Leonard H. Hudson, the chairman of the
Crusade Standing Committee, the plans for the educational and fund-
raising drive to be launched next month.

Again, I welcome you to this meeting and I extend my thanks to
all of you for your efforts to educate the public as to the warning
signals of cancer and to collect the funds necessary to support the
vital programs of the Society.

NEWS CONFERENCE
March 9, 1967

Q. On Marvin Mandel's announcement today, that he is personally
going to support the 2 to 5 percent income tax rate, which we feel
sort of knocks out the 2 to 6, will you go along with the 2 to 5 percent
rate? It is supposed to raise the same amount of money?

A. I think it is much more desirable than the Hess-Warfield plan.
I don't know whether the Hughes committee has finished its con-
sideration of the impact of reducing the plan from a 2 to 6 to a 2 to 5,
but in preliminary discussion Senator Hughes indicated that it was
possible that this could be worked out and still achieve their basic
aims. If that's true, I would certainly consider supporting it if the
committee wants to do that.

Q. Governor, the 2 to 5 rate hits the man in the lower income bracket
a little bit harder than their own graduated plan. Does that bother
you at all?