TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface ....................................................

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Spiro T. Agnew, Governor of Maryland .....................

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Statement As Governor-Elect on Appointment of Bipartisan

Legislative Committee on Tax Reform, December 7, 1966.......

1

News Conference, January 10, 1967 ...........................

3

Statement As Governor-Elect on Establishing Legislative-

Executive Advisory Committee on Human Rights, January

16, 1967 .................................................

15

News Conference, January 17, 1967 ...........................

17

Inaugural Address, January 25, 1967 ..........................

28

Budget Message to the General Assembly, January 27, 1967 ......

33

Fiscal Reform ...........................................

35

Down-Payment on Construction Costs ......................

35

Continuing State Surpluses ................................

37

A Training Program for Public Administrators...............

38

State Employee Salaries ....................................

38

1967-68 Budget ..........................................

39

Revenue Estimates .......................................

39

Program Highlights ......................................

40

Conclusion ...............................................

43

Statement on State Property Tax Rate, January 30, 1967 .......

44

Statement on Appalachian Development to Special Subcom-

mittee on Economic Development, Public Works Commit-

tee, U. S. Senate, January 30, 1967 .........................

45

Statement on Baltimore Tugboat Strike, January 31, 1967 ......

46

News Release on Baltimore Tugboat Strike, February 3, 1967 ...

47

"Man of the Year" Address to Advertising Club of Baltimore,

February 4, 1967 .........................................

48

Statement on Death of Former Governor William Preston

Lane, Jr., February 7, 1967 ................................

49

Message for First Unitarian Church, Baltimore, February 10,

1967 ....................................................

50

Letter on Employment of Handicapped to Division of Voca-

tional Rehabilitation, State Department of Education,

February 17, 1967 ........................................

51

Address, Lincoln Day Dinner, College Park, February 18, 1967.....

51

News Release on Traffic Safety Legislation, February 20, 1967 .....

57

News Release on Legislation for Additional Chesapeake Bay

Bridges, a Second Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, and Schedul-

ing Primary Roads, February 24, 1967 .....................

60

Address, Lincoln Day Dinner, Pikesville, February 24, 1967 .....

61

News Release on Legislation for People's Advocate, February

27, 1967 .................................................

68

News Conference, February 27, 1967 .........................

70

Remarks to Greater Baltimore Committee, February 27, 1967.......

79

Remarks, Meeting of Cancer Crusade Chairmen, Annapolis,

March 2, 1967 ...........................................

81

News Conference, March 9, 1967 ....................... ....

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