NEWS CONFERENCE 871

got to have some strength. Once a group of people has voted for an
individual it's been shown that there is a tendency to vote for him
again. However, I think that the crisis that the country faces and
the certain knowledge now that this vote means something whereas
the previous vote for Wallace didn't, are going to keep it from being
anything like it was in his campaign against Senator Brewster, who
was then acting as a stand-in for the President. I don't think he's
going to do well in Maryland.

(Revenues and State Programs)

Q. Governor, will there be funds available for the meat inspection
program?

A. Well, that will have to wait the analysis that's being done by the
special committee in the total field of revenues. J certainly hope, in
view of the fact that this is an important program and involves match-
ing money from the Federal government, I hope we're going to be
able to do something about it. But I'm just terribly concerned gen-
erally about revenues at the present time, and I am concerned about
many areas of social programming in the State that I consider critical
and crucial to the welfare of this State — things like the Maryland
Training School where there is a tremendous amount of criticism
caused by overcrowding and understaffing, and the Rosewood Train-
ing School where there is evidence that all is not well either. I'm so
worried about not having enough money to put into these programs
that I am going to really make a very serious complete research into
the question of revenues, and it well may be that while the shortage
may cause cutbacks in certain areas we will not cut back in others
that are essential.

(Treatment vs. Penalty for Addicts)

Q. Governor, on this question of permissiveness. An informal report
at the AMA convention this week suggested that marijuana users
should not be prosecuted criminally but civilly and the penalty
should be decreased considerably. How do you feel about this?

A. Well I think that the treatment of people in addictive situations
in a civil sense under a hospital atmosphere is much preferable than
the criminal treatment. I wouldn't have supported an alcoholism
program if I didn't believe this, and I'd go along with the idea that
the Federal approach to curing narcotics addicts — and if there is an
extension of this to the treatment of people who are chronic mari-
juana users, I'd go along with the idea that it should be under a civil
jurisdiction rather than criminal.