The Commissioners appoint the Executive Director, who exercises
such administrative powers as they delegate.

In creating the Maryland Port Authority, the primary objective of
the General Assembly was to improve the facilities and strengthen
the workings of the private operator. If private facilities are inade-
quate, however, or inadequately operated at any time, the Authority
may construct, and if necessary, operate supplementary public facili-
ties (Code 1967, Art. 62B).

The Authority endeavors to promote and increase commerce within
its territorial jurisdiction through public relations programs, publica-
tion of literature, purchase of advertising, solicitation of business by
correspondence and traveling representatives, and participation in,
and cooperation with, civic, technical, professional, and business organ-
izations and association. To this end, the Authority currently main-
tains field offices in Pittsburgh, Chicago, New York, Brussels, Bel-
gium, and London, England.

Appropriations 1963 1964

Special Funds ..............................$2,120,000 $2,120,000
Staff: 116.

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The Commission

Chairman: Harry A. Boswell, Jr.,
Prince George's County, 1965

Bernard Manekin, Baltimore City, 1965; C. Awdry Thompson,
Dorchester County, 1965; William A. Chapman, St. Mary's
County, 1966; Martin Dwyer, Cecil County, 1966; Harold J.
Lipscomb, Baltimore City, 1966; Howard E. Harrison, Jr.,
Howard County, 1967; William L. Jones, Baltimore City,
1967; A. V. Williams, Baltimore County, 1967; Willard Hack-
erman, Baltimore County, 1969; lrving H. Weil, Frederick
County, 1969; Alvin H. Wilson, Allegany County, 1969.

The Department

George W. Hubley, Jr., Director
William A. Pate, Deputy Director

Robert M. Sparks, Chief of Industrial and Business Development
John Hosford, Chief of Research
Gilbert A. Crandall, Chief of Tourist Development and Publicity

State Office Building, Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 8-3371
Evenings: Colonial 8-2146

The General Assembly created the Department of Economic Develop-
ment and the Economic Development Commission by Chapter 185, Acts
of 1959 "for the general purpose of advancing the economic welfare of
the people through programs and activities to develop . . . the State's
natural resources and economic opportunities pertaining to commerce,
agriculture, mining, forestry, transportation, travel, tourism, and recre-
ation, and to promote and encourage the location of new industries and
businesses in the State . . . and . . . the retention and expansion of
present enterprises . . . and to foster and develop gainful employment
. . ." for residents of the State.

The new department superseded the former Department of Informa-
tion, established in 1948 as a division of the Hall of Records, and estab-
lished as a separate agency by Chapter 665, Acts of 1949.