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I am delighted that the Majority in its presen-

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tation emphasized so strongly this booklet entitled The

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Efficiency of Freedom by the prestigious Eisenhower Com-

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mittee in 1959. For one, the Minority and the Majority

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are in complete agreement because we both seem to agree

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that this is the signal treatise, if you will,- on this

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subject; and I think maybe a few words on the subject of

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autonomy are necessary before I begin.

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There are three branches of higher education

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in Maryland, the University, State colleges and community

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colleges. By statute in 1952, the University of Maryland

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received statutory autonomy. This means that they must

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present the case to ghe legislature to justify the total

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budget of the University. Cuts are made, usually 1 or 2

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or 3 per cent of the budget is cut by the legislature.

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When this budget passes, the University remains in complete

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control of this budget and how the money is used. It

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may forget the barriers that have been placed in the

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budget and the earmark uses of the fund and may use the

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money as it sees fit. It may create new programs, it may

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abolish old programs, it may shift the budget, as I say,