WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1913

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
State Roads Commission be and it is hereby requested to
designate and name U. S. Route 301 as the Blue Star Memorial
Highway under the powers conferred upon said Commission
by Section 8 of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1939 Edition).

Approved May 6, 1949.

NO. 22
(Senate Joint Resolution 11)

A Joint Resolution memorializing the Congress of the United
States to oppose the federalization of the National Guard
of the United States and the National Guard of the several
States, territories and the District of Columbia in whole or
in part.

WHEREAS, the Secretary of Defense brought into being in
1947 the Committee on Civilian Components, commonly known
as the Gray Board, and which Committee was directed by said
Secretary of Defense to make a comprehensive, objective and
impartial study of the armed forces; and

WHEREAS, said Committee on Civilian Components on 30
June, 1948, in its report to the Secretary of Defense, recom-
mended, among other things, that National Security required
that all services have one Federal Reserve Force which should
be accomplished:

(a) by establishing the reserve forces of the Army under
the "Army Clause" of the Constitution;

(b) by similarly establishing the reserve forces of the Air
Force under appropriate legal authority;

(c) by incorporating the National Guard and the Organized
Reserve Corps into the Army Reserve Force under the name
of "The National Guard of the United States";

(d) by incorporating the Air National Guard and Air Re-
serve into the Air Force Reserve Force under the name of the
"United States Air Force Reserve"; and

WHEREAS, on 15 December, 1948, the Secretary of Defense
recommended to the President of the United States, among
other things, the federalization of the Air National Guard