MARYLAND TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION.

General Chairman: Isaac S. George, 1947.

Caesar L. Aiello, 1947; Hamilton R. Atkinson, 1949; Mrs.
Guy R. Clements, 1949; Washington I. Cleveland, 1961; Edwin
A. Dempsey, 1951; W. Lee Elgin, 1961; Mrs. Harry L. Marcus,
1949; Holger Jensen, 1951; A. Burton Metzger, 1947; Col.
Beverly Ober, 1947; John R. Sherwood, 1951; S. S. Steinberg,
1947; William B. Usilton, 3rd, 1947; Charles J. Wells, 1949;
Major Ezra B. Whitman, 1951; Charles Bertram Hoffberger,
1949; Lloyd C. Culler, 1949.
W. H. Bishop, Jr., Executive Secretary.

415 Cathedral Street, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Vernon 7240.

The Maryland Traffic Safety Commission was organized in 1941.
The Commission of eighteen members is appointed by the Governor
for six-year terms, one-third of these terms expiring every two years..

The Commission seeks to promote traffic safety on the streets and
highways of Maryland; and seeks to coordinate the activities of
public and private agencies interested in, or affected by, the problems
of traffic safety, assisting such agencies to augment their programs
by study, education and information. The Commission has enlisted
the aid of business associations, civic groups, and newspapers in the
promotion of traffic safety. In cooperation with the Department of
State Police, the Commission releases monthly reports of traffic acci-
dents and fatalities in the State (Code 1947 Supp. Art. 41, secs. 175,
176).
Appropriations Included with State Road Commission Budget..

Staff: I.

MARYLAND STATE PLANNING COMMISSION.

Chairman: Henry P. Irr, 1949.

Ex-officio Members: Joseph R. Byrnes, President Legisla-
tive Council; John B. Funk, Chief Engineer..

Appointed Members: William L. Galvin, 1949; Robert H.
Riley, M.D., 1949; Robert M. Reindollar, 1949; Thomas B.
Symons, 1949.
I. Alvin Pasarew, Director.

104 Equitable Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Lexington 6411.

The Maryland State Planning Commission, established in 1933, con-
sists of the President of the Legislative Council and the Chief Engi-
neer of Maryland as Ex-officio members and six members appointed
by the Governor..

The functions of this Commission are to prepare or coordinate plans
for the physical development of the State including plans for complete
systems of State or regional highways, expressways, parkways, parks,
water supply and forest reservations and airways and air terminals;
to advise with State departments and bureaus, local authorities and
individuals, with a view to the coordination of all physical develop-
ment plans related to State activities; to make surveys of rural land
utilization to determine areas suitable for field crops, reforestation,
watershed protection, recreation, summer residence and urban expan-
sion, to prepare a long-term development program of major State
improvements; and generally, to make available information on sub-
jects affecting the health and welfare of the people of Maryland. The.