tionery and printing, postage, editorial services, contest prizes, expan-
sion 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 news-
letter 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 inher-
ent in the rehabilitation program for Maryland's disabled citizens.

Appropriations 1963 1964
General Funds $5,234 $16,000

MARYLAND COMMISSION ON INTERRACIAL
PROBLEMS AND RELATIONS

Chairman: William C. Rogers, Sr., 1969
Vice Chairman: Israel M. Goldman, 1969

G. Cheston Carey, 1965; Mrs. Henry E. Corner, 1965; Robert
M. Powell, 1965; Mrs. John B. Ramsay, 1967; S. Edward
Smith, 1967; Richard H. Thomas, 1967; Edward N. Wilson,
1969.
Parren J. Mitchell, Executive Secretary

Alice 1. Thomas, Secretary

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

The Commission on Interracial Problems and Relations was created
by Chapter 548, Acts of 1951, to supersede the Governor's Commis-
sion on Problems Affecting the Negro Population.

The Commission consists of nine members appointed by the Gov-
ernor with the advice and consent of the Senate for six-year terms
so staggered that three terms expire every two years. The Governor
designates the Chairman of the Commission. The Executive Secretary
is appointed by the Commission.

The Commission is empowered to administer and enforce the Mary-
land Public Accommodations Law. The Commission also makes sur-
veys and studies of problems affecting the Negro population of the
State and the betterment of interracial relations. The Commission
submits an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly
together with recommendations, if any, for additional legislation
(Code 1957, 1962 Supp., Art. 49B, secs. 1-3).

The Commission sponsored the first annual Statewide Conference
on Race Relations on June 23, 1962.

Appropriations 1963 1964

General Funds $15,892 $18,857
Supplemental Budget. 6,684
Staff: 4.