NEWS CONFERENCE 87

A. No, it's not decided yet. We have it under study, and we've got
some awfully difficult priorities to assign, as was very well indicated
in the news article yesterday. We have over 60 million dollars worth
of additional requests and we obviously can't meet that kind of spend-
ing, so we've got some soul searching to do in deciding what spending
we're going to go forward with by way of supplemental requests.

Q. How much for pay raises? Do you have any idea?

A. Well, again, there is going to be a State employees' pay raise in-
cluded in the supplemental budget, there is no doubt about that. The
exact mechanics of it — what it involves — hasn't finally crystalized
at this point.

Q. What has held up negotiations in the tugboat strike?

A. As soon as I leave here this morning, I'm going back to Baltimore.
The negotiation is being held up because the parties haven't reached
a settlement. Is that a good answer? Seriously, I think that much
progress is being made. We made a great deal of progress yesterday
and I know it seems very idle to say we're making progress and yet
no settlement ensues. But the issue has been narrower! down a tre-
mendous extent since I first interjected myself, at the request of the
Mayor and the Port Authority and other business leaders and the two
principals, into the controversy. And I have hopes that we are reach-
ing the end of that road. Whether it is going to happen today or not
I can't tell, but I am going to go up there to try to push the thing
over the cliff.

Q. Governor, you expressed yourself on open housing, two such bills?
A. Tell me what the bills are, Max, because I'm not —

Q. Governor, you expressed yourself on open housing. What about
pending bills on bars and restaurants?

A. Well, I think in the area of public accommodations I have always
stated, I believe this without any qualifications, that there are no
reasons to make lines of demarcation. In short, I think that they
should all be open without any restrictions whatsoever. I think that
the bills that try to reach differences between taverns and bars and
restaurants are making meaningless distinctions and I think we're
grown up enough about the public accommodations situation now
that we should be ready to reach it squarely and face it.

Q. There have been recommendations that the Governor be sworn
in 30 days after election. Have you been hampered by the longer time
now required?