COMMISSION TO STUDY THE PRESENT UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION LAWS OF MARYLAND

Chairman: Rabbi Abraham Shusterman

W. Dale Hess, Edward L. Leavey, Joseph V. Mach, Albert J.
Mattes, Eugene B. Moore, Jr., Raymond Munts, Wilbur S.
Prentiss, Woodrow F. Strong.

6600 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore 15

The Governor appointed this nine-member Commission in 1962 in
response to a request from the General Assembly. Of the nine mem-
bers, three represented labor, three represented management, one
represented the House of Delegates, one the Senate, and one the
State at large. The Commission presented its recommendations to the
General Assembly during the 1963 Session (J. R. No. 24, Acts of 1962).

COMMISSION TO STUDY REAPPORTIONMENT
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Chairman: Franklin L. Burdette

Ex officio members: Carl N. Everstine, Joseph S. Kaufman.
Appointed members: Walter J. Bierwagen, Royce Hanson, Stan-
ford Hoff, Samuel Hopkins, Roger Howell, Harry R. Hughes,
Helen L. Koss, Thomas Hunter Lowe, John N. Maguire, Ridgely
P. Melvin, Jr., Charles H. Smelser, Furman Templeton, H.
Winship Wheatley, Jr.

Bureau of Governmental Research
College of Business and Public Administration
University of Maryland, College Park

The Governor appointed this special Commission in response to a
report adopted by the General Assembly during the Special Session
which convened on May 25, 1962. This report urged the General
Assembly not to attempt to achieve a permanent solution for the
apportionment of the House of Delegates during the Special Session,
but to enact a temporary measure (Chapter 1, Acts of the Second
Special Session of 1962). This Commission is to study the reappor-
tionment problem and to propose a permanent plan to the General
Assembly for its consideration at the 1964 Session.

COMMITTEE TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
MASTER PLAN FOR FORESTS AND PARKS

Chairman: James J. O'Donnell

J. Ralph Fiery, Bernard I. Gonder, Samuel L. Hammerman,
Willis T. Hancock, John P. Hewitt, William N. Houck, Joseph
F. Kaylor, Morris Mechanic, James G. Rennie, Charles M.
See, F. Perry Smith, Jr., C. Clifton Virts.

State Planning Department
301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 1 Telephone: 837-9000

At the request of the General Assembly, the Governor appointed
this Committee in 1961 to meet with representatives of the Depart-
ment of Forests and Parks assigned to the Master Plan Project in
order to assist in the Development of the Master Plan. The Com-
mittee had its membership enlarged in 1962 to become a permanent
committee. It is composed of the Directors of the Department of
Forests and Parks, the State Planning Department, and the Depart-