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Maryland. He is an attorney of long standing, having
been a Member of the Bar of the Court of Appeals of
Maryland since 1935.

Earlier, and as a part of his background that is not
generally known, he was an outstanding musician. Thus,
from 1928 to 1930, he served as a soloist with the United
States Navy Band. He is a former member also of the
famous Meyer Davis orchestra. He still retains a life
membership in the District of Columbia Federation of
Musicians, Local 161.

In his public life, Paul Bailey was a Justice of the
Peace in St. Mary's County from 1933 to 1937. He was a
member of the State Roads Commission from 1959 to 1966.
His membership in the Senate of Maryland covers the
period from 1947 through 1955 and also the period from
1967 through 1974.

What can one say about Paul Bailey? Plenty.

He know him as an unrivaled and unequaled character.
Suave and good-humored, he is a raconteur and spinner of
marvelous yarns. He inevitably and by general consent
becomes the center of any social group.

Blessed with an infectious and rollicking sense of
humor, Paul Bailey has always the ready quip and the
delightfully barbed rejoinder. We love his homey and
self—illustrated notes with their pert, pithy, and
pungent comments on the passing scene. Every time he
comes to town with shoes on and complains "my feet are
hurting something terrible" is as funny as the first
hundred times we heard it.

Yet all this is facade and window-dressing that
cannot hide the real Paul Bailey. He who knew him well
see the inner man as a learned and brilliant Legislator.
He has been a skilled debater and in the rough and tumble
of Legislative controversy an opponent worthy of his
mettle. We know him as one who quickly can come to the
heart of an issue and strip off the external trappings to
reveal the inner problem.

Paul Bailey is an orator without peer in the Senate
of Maryland. How often have we seen the Senate gallery
packed upon an advance announcement that "Senator Bailey
is to speak tonight." He speaks with vigor and force,
making effective use of the tools in the arsenal of the
professional orator, driving home his points with logic,
humor, gentle ridicule, homely anecdote, and quick
repartee.

The Senate of Maryland, the State of Maryland, and
184 Members of the General Assembly of Maryland will miss