Herman C. Crueger, 1963; Clarence D. Grant, 1963; Leroy
M. Griffin, 1963; Myles Katz, 1963.
Paul E. Burke, Executive Director

Guilford Ave., and 21st St., Baltimore 18 Telephone: Hopkins 7-1455

The Maryland Traffic Safety Commission, organized in 1941, con-
sists of eighteen members 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; to coordinate the activities of public and
private agencies interested in, or affected by, the problems of
traffic safety; and to assist 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
accidents and fatalities in the State (Code 1961, Art. 41, secs. 200,
201).

Appropriations 1957 1958

Special Funds ........................$82,564 $84,119
Staff: 8

Public Buildings and Improvements

STATE PLANNING COMMISSION

Chairman: Joseph Meyerhoff, Baltimore, 1960

Ex Officio Members: Louis L. Goldstein, President, Legis-
lative Council; James J. O'Donnell, Director, Department of
Public Improvements.

Appointed Members: Richard C. Zantzinger, Southern
Maryland, 1967; E. Dale Adkins, Jr., Eastern Shore, 1959;
George M. Anderson, D.D.S., State Board of Health, 1959;
John B. Funk, Western Maryland, 1959; Alvin Thalheimer,
State Board of Public Welfare, 1959; Robert O. Bonnell,
Chairman, State Roads Commission, 1960
I. Alvin Pasarew, Director

100 Equitable Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Lexington 9-6411

The Maryland State Planning Commission, established in 1933, con-
sists of the President of the Legislative Council and the Director of
the Department of Public Improvements as ex officio members and
seven members appointed by the Governor for terms of four years.
Of the seven appointive members one must be the Director or a
member of the State Board of Public Welfare, one the Director or a
member of the State Board of Health, one the Chief Engineer or a
member of the State Roads Commission, one a resident of the Eastern
Shore, one a resident of Central Maryland including Baltimore City,
one a resident of Southern Maryland, and one a resident of Western
Maryland.

The Commission prepares or coordinates 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; ad-
vises 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; makes surveys of rural land