80                       JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS                         [Jan. 7

"A man's present worth is the product of his past achievements.

"If Marvin Mandel can guide 142 representatives of varied interests and backgrounds with the fairness, humor, firmness and dedication to progress that has resulted in 6 years of good, sound legislation, then his ability to lead the 4 million people whom we represent is self-evident.

"The fisherman from the Eastern Shore, the farmer from Western Maryland, the worker from Baltimore City and the businessman everywhere within our State has confidence in us to choose a man to lead them who will serve the general welfare and not turn a deaf ear to any segment of our community.

"We from the less populous counties know that there is no retreat from tomorrow; we who are young know that only through orderly healing and rebuilding can we construct a better tomorrow.

"And the truth of the matter before us today is that there is only one man who knows what the city is all about—and who knows that protection of the rights of the individual regardless of where he lives is the first duty of government—and who knows the detail of the job of Governor better than anybody else.

"And I proudly place in nomination for Governor of Maryland that unique man who under God will serve the people as ably as he has served us—Marvin Mandel.

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Senator Frederick C. Malkus seconded the nomination of Marvin Mandel, as follows:

"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Joint Session of the General Assembly of Maryland:

"It gives me great pleasure to do what I am about to do. Being somewhat of a student of history, I have read that in the year 1792, when the President of the United States was about to retire, not seek a second term, go back to Virginia where he really wanted to enjoy himself, the country was then divided and he was asked by Hamilton, Randolph, Lloyd and Thomas Jefferson to stay in for one more term. One of the things that persuaded our President, our Father, was the words of Thomas Jefferson. At that time the North was moving in one direction, the South in the other—the South being agricultural and the North being industrial, the thing that eventually lead up to the Civil War. It had started already then and there, and Thomas Jefferson said, "Mr. President, the North and South can hang together if they can hang on you." Now the situation is not much different today—we are in an era where the State of Maryland has its conservative branch, its liberal branch, its rural branch and its metropolitan branch, and as you vote here later on today, you are going to find out that the next Governor of the State of Maryland will have a big share of each and every one of those segments of political philosophy. There is no need to talk about the men that are going to be nominated, most of us of the General Assembly know them well, but I am going to say this—In these trying times the man who can unite Maryland better than anyone that I know of will be the next Governor of the State of Maryland and without hesitation and without reservation I second the nomination of the candidacy of Marvin Mandel."

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