the demands that the Constitution is going
to make of it like the back of his hand. I
submit to you, ladies and gentlemen, with
all due respects to the other fine men who
have been and will be nominated, that
there is one man to get this job done
and get it done well and get it done within
time and that man, I submit to you, is H.
Vernon Eney.
ALTERNATE TEMPORARY CHAIR-
MAN: Any further nominations? The
Chair recognizes Marvin Smith.
DELEGATE M. SMITH: Mr. Chairman,
I think that we all would agree on one
thing, and that is that the one great desire
that we all have is to do the job here that
will be best for the people of Maryland
and it is with that thought and in that
spirit that I rise to second the nomination
of Mr. Eney.
I have heard some of my liberal friends
say he is too conservative and I have
heard some of my conservative friends say
- he is too liberal, which to me indicates he
is in the middle of where the great mass of
American people want to be. Now, I submit
to you that the President of this Conven-
tion, and it should be a man of substantial
intelligence, that he should be a man of
vision, a man who has understanding of the
job that is to be done, of the job that has
gone before, of the job that we have yet to
reach out to do, who has visions of the
future of this great State of ours.
He must be a man who has ability to
turn words and set time limits to see that
we all do the job and when it should be
done, in order that we may accomplish the
purpose for which we have come to An-
napolis. I submit to you that we need a
man of tact and yet one of toughness, one
who has the ability to persuade and to
cajole, to see that we meet our deadlines.
Vernon Eney is that kind of a man.
ALTERNATE TEMPORARY CHAIR-
MAN: The next name on the list is that
of Delegate Sybert of Howard County. Dele-
gate Sybert.
DELEGATE SYBERT: Mr. President,
ladies and gentlemen constituting the dele-
gates to this great Convention: I rise to
place in nomination the name of an out-
standing fellow of Howard County. He is
a man who by background, training and
experience and personality is well able to
preside over this historic Convention. I do
not subscribe to the theory that only one
man is qualified or should be elected Presi-
dent. There are a number in this great |
body who could handle that high position
with distinction and with respect.
The man whom I am about to nominate
is the son of former Judge James Clark
of the Fifth Judicial District of Maryland.
He attended Iowa State University. He
was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree.
When World War II broke out, he enlisted
promptly and served four and a half years
during that unfortunate conflict as a glider
pilot in the European Theater of War. He
came back and he has farmed a large farm
in Howard County, taking place in many
civic matters that have gone on in Howard
County and in the State. He married a
former Anne Arundel County school teacher
and he and his wife are the parents of
three children. He is a Rotarian, a member
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and he
has been a moving spirit in the Howard
County Y.M.C.A.
He was elected to the House of Delegates
in 1938, and very soon it became apparent
that he was a man who was going to make
his mark because of his originality of
thought and independence of action. As a
matter of fact, an event proved that prog-
nostication, because towards the end of his
term in the House, he was selected as
Legislator of the Year, in 1962, by the
Maryland Legislative Correspondents Asso-
ciation, for his outstanding leadership in
the reapportionment fight in the House of
Delegates.
He was elected to the State Senate from
Howard County in 1962, and again in
1966. His record in both branches of the
legislature has been outstanding. For the
first time, he had legislation passed to set
up an extension of the park system in his
own county, Howard County, as well as a
people's court to replace the old, out-moded
magistrate system in Howard County. He
also sponsored legislation for a Fire Com-
mission of Maryland. He was a sponsor
of legislation to curb excessive interest
rates on revolving credit accounts. He was
the sponsor of afair housing bill. He intro-
duced a series of water pollution bills, anti-
pollution bills. He was chairman of the
committee which was responsible for rec-
ommending legislation to strengthen the
regulation of campaign expenditures and
contributions and he was instrumental in
securing legislation to improve the state's
program in education and mental health.
Now, without taking up any more of
your time on this rather warm day, I sub-
mit that the record of the nominee whose
name I am about to place before you, as
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