J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1609

nomination of Francis Scott Key for the Hall of Fame and urging
the General Assembly of Maryland and the Governor and the Legis-
lature of each of the other States to endorse the nomination; now,
therefore be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in gratitude
and reverence for the poet who penned our National Anthem, this
body hereby goes on record endorsing the nomination of Francis
Scott Key to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans and urging
the Electors of the Hall of Fame to vote for his election in 1965; and
be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of State of Maryland be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to send a copy of this resolution
under the Great Seal of the State of Maryland, to the Governor of
each of the other states.

Approved March 11, 1965.

No. 3

(Senate Joint Resolution 3)

Senate Joint Resolution expressing the appreciation of the State of
Maryland to the Sidney Hollander Foundation for its contributions
in furtherance of race relations in the State.

The Sidney Hollander Foundation was established in December of
1941 as a birthday gift from the children of the Baltimore philan-
thropist humanitarian whose name it honors. No use was made of
the funds established until after World War II when it was agreed to
present an annual award for outstanding contribution toward achieve-
ment of equal rights and opportunities for Negroes in Maryland.

It was decided that each year a jury of interested Maryland citizens
would be requested to select the recipient of the award and, at their
discretion, one or more honorable mentions. The trustees provide
information for the jury, but they take no part in the actual selection
beyond interpreting the criteria established for the Award.

These criteria under which the juries operate specify that the award
is to recognize an achievement rather than honor a recipient; hence an
accomplishment of the previous calendar year is to be the basis of the
award (although accomplishments over a longer period can also be
taken into consideration). The criteria further specify that the award
does not have to recognize the superlative achievement of the year—
not "the", but "an outstanding contribution."

Other criteria require that only those activities be considered "tend-
ing to reduce discrimination and promote equality of opportunity"
rather than "activities of a welfare nature, doing things for Negroes,
necessary and important as such activity can be ....." It was also
emphasized that the recipient should be a person, agency or group
responsible for a given advance, rather than one which merely com-
plied with legal or social pressures.