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does an individual, whether he be a small man or a big

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man, find out what is really going on in government? He

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cannot do it by himself. And what distinguishes this

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country from most of the others of the world is the fact

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that in this country we have one of the most vigilant

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sources of effort to find out and to know on behalf of

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those people, meaning you and me, and that is the press.

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The newspapers, the radio, television, all news

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media, are there on the alert. Sometimes we may think they

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go too far. If they do, they are held accountable, . but

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they are the ones who find out and publish for us to know

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that which is our own business.

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We even go so far in Maryland -- and we are

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different from other states -- so as to protect them in

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their sourdes of information, and this is good, but now all.

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that we are asked to do is to say that .where government

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is concerned, we the people have the right to know, and

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the legislature has the corresponding obligation to

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protect that which needs protection, which Delegate

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Willoner has so carefully explained and gone into detail so

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that we know that those things which should allow the