830 ADDRESSES AND STATE PAPERS

students that the State Police are going to protect their right to express
their opinions in a lawful fashion.

Now one other thing about the Princess Anne situation. I noticed
that some reporters and some editorial writers are having a terribly
difficult time distinguishing this situation from the Bowie situation
and the thrust of their remarks has been to the effect that the Governor
has changed his mind or he's seeing things differently. I am not seeing
things a bit differently. The two situations are completely unalike.
In the first place, at Bowie there was unlawful action taken — locking
up of the faculty and the president of the College.

There was a demand that I come there immediately to listen to the
grievances and a totally belligerent, hostile, unlawful movement took
place. I cannot and will not accede to any conduct such as that. I
won't in the future. If it happens at Princess Anne, the result will be
the same as the Bowie result. On the other hand, in the Princess Anne
situation there was no unlawful action taken — simply lawful demon-
stration. The students conducted themselves admirably in response to
the tack they were taking. I immediately invited them to Annapolis.
They came. We had a good interchange of information, as a result
of which I took steps in attempting to solve some of their grievances.
So there's no — absolutely no — correlation between the two incidents.
I haven't changed my mind. I feel just as strongly today as I did the
day Bowie happened, and if it happened again I'd do the same thing.
Let's make that very clear.

(Other Racial Matters)

Q. Governor, summer hasn't even begun yet and we've already had
plenty of trouble in Baltimore and recently in Salisbury. Do you
have any plans for coping with this situation in any different manner
than you have in the past?

A. No, we're continuing to work for progress and equality and civil
rights, and this is not something we do to respond to pressure; it's
something we do because we believe as a matter of fact that it's right,
and it's an area we've been working in for five, six, seven years in
government actively. There's nothing to be done in response to pres-
sures and threats. Progress will come — as it always has come —
through a continuation of the efforts of people of good intent to solve
the difficulties.

Q. Governor, did you yet appoint — do you plan to appoint a re-
placement for Mr. Montgomery?