C. William O'Neill 1957 State of State Address

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lIEo3«li'  OF..KGN,  C, lILLIAi' OMICTLL,   GOV^vRNCH 0^ OHIO ^l62^-)S^SIOiy OHIO GL!TE^lAL'ASS:^^13I^ V ^
jAirjARY 28.  195?
Lie»tenanb Govern or Herbert ^   President pro Tempcre Hechein;  Hr. Speaker Cloud,  Ifembers of  the One Hundred and Second General Assemb3.y of Ohio,  as  I look about this  chanber,  on both sides  of the aisle,  I am struck by the great number of old friends and colleaf'ues I find here.     I have worked vfith many of you  through thos-'j years just past,  and I sincerely look fonvard to continuing our pp^rtnership and enlarging it to include those ^vho have come to the Legislature recently.
I am sure  tliat each of you, because of your leadership in your
ovm connunity, has felt the pulcse of Ohio  in recent months.    Our vrhole
state is alive nith prov/th.     Tlie prospect of the St.  Lawrence Seaway has
created a fiant v/ave of activity from Gonneaut to Toledo.     The Ohio River
Valley from Steubenville to Cincinnati blossoms with n-w factories almost
vreekly*     It is often reported that Columbus and Central Ohio are the
fastest prov/jng areas of the country*     Ipdustribal pi^oduction is  increasin^^-,
apricultural production is  increasing,  population is  increasing.    We can,
» without dreaminr,  look to  the day when Ohio may vrell become  the leading
state  in the nation.
Of course,  many factors have  contributed  to this  rem.arkable
situation — location^   resources,  natural m.arketsj  but underscoring  these
has been the climate of govexmient in Ohio.     This Legislature,   together
wi'tli  other officials,  lias been  resp;onsible for maintaining an atmicsphere
that has  nourj.shed and encouraged our growth«