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JOINT RESOLUTIONS

oysters in the coastal waters of Worcester County; and be it
further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the
Honorable James E. Coulter, Secretary, Natural Resources;
Mr. Robert J. Rubelmann, Administrator, Maryland Fisheries
Administration, Tawes State Office Building, 580 Taylor
Avenue, Annapolis, Maryland 21101; Mr. Larry Simns,
President, Maryland Watermen's Association, 48 Maryland
Avenue, Annapolis, Maryland 21401; Mr. Ricks Savage,
President, Worcester County Watermen's Association, Route 2,
Box 212, Berlin, Maryland 21822; and Mr. Robert Prier,
Executive Director, Chesapeake Seafood, Easton, Maryland
21645.

Approved May 2, 1978.

No. 7

(Senate Joint Resolution 40)

A Senate Joint Resolution concerning

World War I Veterans' Benefits

FOR the purpose of expressing the support of the General
Assembly of Maryland for HR9000 of the Congress of the
United States, a pension bill for World War I Veterans.

WHEREAS, HR9000 is presently being considered by the
Congress of the United States and is a measure which gives
to all World War I veterans a pension of $150 per month; and

WHEREAS, This measure is vitally important to those
brave persons who served their country so very long ago; and

WHEREAS, At the time of their release from public
service they were sent on their way with but a paltry
recompense of $60 and fare back to their homes; and

WHEREAS, They received no educational benefits, no home
loan money, no social security, no unemployment benefits and
very little hospitalization; and

WHEREAS, World War I veterans formed the American
Legion and they were advocates of benefits veterans now
receive; and

WHEREAS, This year is the 60th anniversary of the end
of World War I and the General Assembly of Maryland urges
the Federal Government to finally reward those men who
fought so bravely for their country; those men are now in
their eighties; now, therefore, be it