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which preaches social justice and humanity to the world. The effluent from the Nation’s Capitol and the centers of Bay commerce have poisoned the well from which they draw their living. How incongruous it is to find that this center of world leadership, peopled by some of the most affluent and best educated people in the nation, is a major source of the threat to their existence.
No group has given more of its time, talent, and treasure to protect the waters of the Bay. From the days of Ruppert “Dick” Lore, one of the early presidents of the Shellfish Institute, to Morgan Cranston of Virginia, Willard Dutton of Charles County, Tucker Brown, Jackie Russell, and David Sayre of St. Mary’s County, and Jennings Evans, of the Eastern Shore, these men and others have been pioneers in the struggle to protect the waters of the Bay and its rivers.
The watermen hope the EPA’s program, the Basin Plans, and the Coastal Zone programs will be sensitive to their needs. They have had their hopes raised before. However, if the Thames River in England can be converted from a foul cesspool into a river which supports 194 different varieity of fish, and which is swimmable in the heart of London, they may have hope.
Watermen and their families do not know how to beg, but they have a sincere desire for the help of every thinking citizen in the Bay area to keep the waters clean.
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