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adoption of the Governor's unique proposal for an. immediate assump- tion by the State of the entire cost of public school construction throughout Maryland. This far-reaching program gave massive fiscal relief to the financially pressed subdivisions of the State, making it possible for local governments to pass on the benefits to the taxpayers in the form of lower property tax rates in some areas, expanded serv- ices in others. Another significant measure sponsored by the Mandel Administration made possible $1.5 million in State assistance to private colleges in the State. An environmental measure that won nation-wide recognition was the Governor's bill permitting the State to control the location of future electrical power plants in Maryland. This law allows the State to acquire potential sites for power plants to minimize possible damage to the environment that could result from imprudent siting of such installations. Other Administration proposals winning legislative ap- proval covered a wide range of areas including health, welfare, con- sumer protection, housing, and law enforcement. The hallmark of the Mandel Administration, however, has been the tone he brought to State government through a series of impressive appointments, both to his personal staff and as advisors. In 1970 Governor Mandel was elected by his fellow Governors to serve on the seven-member Executive Committee of the National Governors' Conference, and he also serves as Vice Chairman of the Conference's Transportation Committee. He is Vice Chairman and Chairman-elect of the Middle Atlantic States Governors' Conference which he was instrumental in organizing in 1970. He is a member of the Policy Council of the Democratic National Committee, and was selected in 1971 by his fellow Democratic Gov- ernors to be one of five Governors to represent the Democratic caucus at a meeting with the leadership of Congress and the Democratic National Committee. At their meeting in September 1971, the Democratic Governors of the nation elected Governor Mandel Chairman of the Caucus of Demo- cratic Governors, a position of national leadership within the Demo- cratic Party. Governor Mandel was similarly honored by the National Governors' Conference in September 1971, by being selected one of eight Gov- ernors to make an official U. S. State Department goodwill mission to the Soviet Union and Rumania. In addition, the Governor was selected by his fellow Governors to serve on the three-member National Governors' Conference Permanent Subcommittee on Revenue Sharing. Governor Mandel also is Chairman of the Southern Governors' Con- ference Committee on Transportation, Science and Technology. Although the Democratic Governor likes to describe himself as a "political accident," Mandel had enjoyed 16 years in the House of Delegates—six of them as Speaker—before becoming Governor. Governor Mandel was born April 19,1920, in Baltimore. He attended Pimlico Elementary School, Garrison Junior High School, and was graduated from City College in 1937. He went to the University of Maryland and then to the University's Law School, receiving his LL.B. in 1942. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and was an instructor at Aberdeen Proving Ground and at Texarkana, Texas. He served until 1944. 7 |
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