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Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin: "Ran for mayor four times-won two times, lost two times, Ran for governor four times-won two times, lost two times- Batting average .500 . Ted Williams .466." Maryland's paradox- Officially a devout Republican in an even more devoutly Democratic state Voice mixing a combination of Scottish brogue, Bahimorese, and "theatrical dialect" . Words rising in a melodramatic intensity, then tapering to an electric whisper. Standing room crowd attuned to his every nuance ... laughing, applauding, listening- in all the right places. reception to his jokes, his pleas, his anger. "Tension in Our Cities" A crucial topic at any time, but more so in the 1960's. Unemployment, racial unrest, crime, hunger, insufficient housing, disease, and (fill in the blank-full credit will be given for at least 104 answers). Admittedly ancien I problems, but seeds sown cen- turies ago are only now beginning to produce their fruit. the gleaners are busy now, gathering a grotesque harvest of hate. Tentative solutions offered by McKeldin, but much of his talk a plea, an order, perhaps a challenge to us, to an emerging generation Theodore R. McKeldin to face the uncomfortable fact that we must restore at least a semblance of order to the chaos. 129