644 ADDRESSES AND STATE PAPERS

service and to offer further professional training to present State em-
ployees. This concept received considerable acclaim. The proposed
Management Intern Program in the 1969 budget is the first step to-
ward a comprehensive Graduate Corps designed to stimulate and
sustain a new professionalism throughout the State service.

Economic Development and State Magazine — In order to generate
new enthusiasm in Maryland's industrial and tourism potential, and
to publicize the quality of life in Maryland, I am recommending funds
to publish a Maryland magazine. This will replace a present magazine,
The Conservationist, aimed primarily at an audience of sportsmen.
The proposed new magazine, representing increased expenditures of
about $60, 000, is a valid investment in promoting Maryland.

In addition, I am recommending new funds within the Department
of Economic Development to accelerate our advertising effort and to
provide professional assistance to those subdivisions seeking to develop
and promote their prime tourist attractions. Few states in the Union
can claim the vast range of recreational, cultural and historic attrac-
tions we in Maryland enjoy as our common heritage. The veritable
abundance of these sites has allowed us to accept them casually and
overlook their economic potential. The funds recommended for plan-
ning and promotion as well as expediting regional and local develop-
ment should ultimately increase our State's gross economic product
and revenues.

Human Services — Even in this year of economy, we have continued
to develop our human service program. As a result of Federal assis-
tance, we have been able to triple our Day Care services for the chil-
dren of welfare mothers so that they can accept employment or job
training. Only through such rehabilitation efforts can welfare costs be
reduced. Funds have been allocated to increase the number of centers
from 9 to 26, and the total number of children helped from 400 to
1300.

Another major extension in human services can be seen in the al-
most $4. 5 million increase in nursing home care. As a result of last
year's action in placing State payments for nursing home care on a
more realistic basis, we have opened approximately 1500 more ex-
tended care beds to State patients and provided approximately 600, 000
more days of nursing home care.

CONCLUSION

While the budget before you is a realistic response to the fiscal reali-
ties facing this administration and the General Assembly today, and
reflects a hold-the-line effort in many areas of State services, it is not