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State can resolve them alone, and if there is error in

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the Federal Government, it is not the error of a foreign

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power. It is our error. In a democratic government we

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are the instruments for correcting mistakes, without

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portraying our fellow Americans as villians at the worst,

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stumblebums at the best; and I believe that in these days

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of rapid transportation and electronic communication,

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Washington, and certainly to Maryland, is as near as the

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telephone and is as accessible as the airport ticket

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counter. I think that in this Convention we must

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continue to emphasize to our citizens and the State of

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Maryland that Washington is our property, and the officials

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are our officials; that we are the government, Federal

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and State; and I would hope that in this Convention we

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develop a stronger parthership because as no man is an

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island, no State is an island, and we need each other.

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THE PRESIDENT: I assure Delegate Mitchell that

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the President was not declaring war on the national govern-

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ment or anyone else.

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Delegate Miller?

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DELEGATE MILLER: I wish to record my presence,