MARYLAND CHILDREN'S CENTER
Advisory Board
President: Peter Lejins, Ph.D., 1965

Mrs. John Long, 1961; Herman E. Perdue, 1961; George M.
Radcliffe 1961; Mrs. Harry D. Kaufman, 1963; Eugene Meyer,
III, M.D., 1963; Earl Moses, 1963; Father Aloysius G. Galvin,
1965.
J. Martin Poland, Superintendent

5200 Westland Boulevard, Baltimore 27 Telephone: Circle 7-0011

In 1956 the General Assembly authorized the construction of the
Maryland Children's Center to be administered by the Department of
Public Welfare. Children judged delinquent by the Courts are to be
sent to the Center for not more than thirty days. The Center is to
study each child and return him to the Court with recommendations.
The Center will open early in 1960 with facilities for 56 children.

Appropriations 1959 1960
General Funds ........................ . . $27,983 $191,601

GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE EMPLOYMENT
OF THE HANDICAPPED

Chairman: Chester A. Troy

Grafton Lee Brown, Robert T. Brown, Rev. Edward G. Car-
roll, John 0. Chilcote, David L. B. Fringer, William Gardner,
Albert D. Hutzler, Jr., Mary T. McCurley, Frank J. Powers,
Nina Russell, Harrie M. Selznick, H. Alexander Smith, Mrs.
Frederick F. Smyth, Alvin Thalheimer, J. Carey Taylor,
Louise P. Thompson, R. C. Thompson, Richard H. Turk,
Paul Wagner.

1100 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore I Telephone: Saratoga 7-5900

The Governor's Committee to Promote Employment of the Handi-
capped was established by the Governor in 1947 in response to a
request by the President of the United States. The Governor appoints
the chairman and committee members, and all serve without com-
pensation. Committee funds are used for promotional materials,
stationery and printing, postage, editorial services, contest prizes,
expansion of local programs, and conferences.

The Governor's Committee functions primarily as an educational
and public relations instrument to create a public awareness of the
problems faced by handicapped individuals in finding employment;
to cooperate with all groups, public and private, in promoting services
for the handicapped; and to initiate and promote programs to stimu-
late hiring the handicapped.

To reach all sections of the State, twenty-four local committees
have been organized, one in each county and one in Baltimore. The
Governor's Committee acts as liaison between the President's Com-
mittee and local committees. To coordinate the program and to keep
committees informed on State and national activities, a monthly
newsletter goes out to each member in the State. Each year the
committee sponsors essay and poster contests among high school
.Juniors and seniors as a means of arousing public awareness of the
issues inherent in the rehabilitation program for Maryland's disabled
citizens.