The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-06
Governor McKeldin
Kiwanis Speaker

On Progress In State And Pays
Tribute To Former Governor
II Lane.
In an address at the Ladies Day
luncheon meeting of the KiWanis
Club on Thursday at Hotel Alexan-
der, in which he dealt largely on
highway construction, which he call
ed one of the states major prob
lens, Governor Theodore R. Nickel
din paid a tribute to the good road
projects and road planning launch
ed by former Governor William
Preston Lane, Jr., including the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Governor McKeldin also said that
there are good arguments for each"
of the sites that have been proposed
for the state chronic disease hospital
here.
During the course of his address,
the Governor told his audience that
the Highway Construction Advisory
Council, which he appointed earlier
in his administration, will soon
make its report. AS soon as he re-
ceives it he intends to make it pub
lie in its entirety, in the sincere
hope that it will be widely discus
sed by the people and that opinions
will be made known to him and to
state senators and delegates to the
| General Assembly, well in advance
of the Legislatures converting.
The Governor, who was accom-
panied by Mrs. McKeldin, was in
troduced by Mayor Herman L. Mills
Others seated at the head table
were: John G. Rupprecht, chairman
of the social affairs committee, who
arranged the program, and Mrs.
Rupprecht; Mrs. Herman L. Mills,
/. vice-president Oscar Hartsock and
Mrs Hartsock and President Albert
q M. Long and Mrs. Long.
q need not tell you, l am sure,
that two sites have been under con-
, sideration for some time" for the
new hospital, Governor McKeldin
, said, "the old County Home site and
an area near the county hospital. A
third, or compromise site, has been
proposed. There are good argu-
e ments for each.
"This problem and its various
ramifcations gave me one of my
!, reasons for coming to Hagerstown
today. You see, too, believe that
| a personal visit and inspection at
the scene can help in working out
the solution to a problem of major
proportions. But here again, in the
final analysis, I want the opinion and
the advice of the people"
Governor MCKeldin promised that
the report on roads "will not be for
my secret perusal or for a pigeon
hole in my desk. When it is deliver
ed to me, it will go simultaneously
to the Legislative Council. 1t viii
reach you and all citizens of the
state at approximately the same
time, through all the publicity we can
get for it'
The speaker said that the part of
the new Baltimore-Frederick road
to RidgevilIe will be opened next
month, and bids for completing the
road into Frederick will be advertised
early next year.
The Governor said he has not
heard of any opposition, anywhere,
to the program budget amendment
which will be voted on next Tues
day.
Paying tribute to former Cover
nor Lane, the speaker said that the
road projects launched under the
Lane administration are being car
ried out diligently. He said that
Bridge will pay off revenue bonds in
ten years, instead of the originally
estimated Is years. Now, he added,
studies are being made for tunnel
under Baltimore Harbor to relieve
traffic congestion.
In his summing up of accomplish
ments and plans, the Governor said
that the state is making progress in /,
its fight against alcoholism, having
established an agency in the State,
Health Department on that topic,
and that definite progress" is being
made with the racial problem,
through the Commission on Inter
racial Problems and Relations.
JAMES I RIDER IISN IS