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Mr. H. Vernon Eney, to have been the greatest of good

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fortunes.

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The Commission which he headed was non-partisan

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and represented the varying shades of interests in our

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State. Its final report speaks for tiself, and I need not

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elaborate further on it here; but I do want to say that we

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were indeed fortunate that eleven of the members of the

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original study Commission were elected delegates to this

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Convention, including our President.

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The opportunity to work with Mr. Eney during the

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past few years has been a most rewarding experience and one

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I shall always remember.

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We all regret, I know, that former Governor

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William Preston Lane, the Honorary Chairman of the Commission,

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did not live to see the final product of its labors.

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Governor Lane was a loyal and faithful member of the

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Commission and contributed greatly to its deliberations.

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We are grateful also to Governor Agnew and to

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the Maryland General Assembly for the support and the

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encouragement they have given this Convention.

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In addition to the satisfaction of watching the