Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-12-05
Relief Survey To
Begin AS State
Loses Federal Aid
VIM. ]. Casey, Baltimore Bust
ness Man, Named Chairman;
Special Session Planned

Special Session Planned
Governor Nice Monday night made
public the personnel of the committee
that will undertake comprehensive
survey of the Maryland relief situa-
ton, recommended both a State un-
employment program and sources of
taxation to support it.
The committee, headed by William
j. Casey, chairman of the Baltimore
Commission on Governmental Eficien-
cy and Economy, will open an Office
in the suite of the Baltimore Associa-
ton of Commerce Building, at %
Light street, and begin to function
Immediately.
Mr.. Casey, the Governor disclosed
selected the personnel of the COM
mittee.
The committees report must be
ready, the Governor pointed out, in
time for the special session of the
Legislature early next year. A special
session will be necessary because the
one per cent gross receipts tax law,
which furnishes revenue for the
C+a+a,e ehoro of tho ,,no,,or1o on =
relief, expires March 81, 1886.
Governor Nice identified the mem
bers of the committee as follows:
Charles E. Bryan, Havre de Grace
Operator of large peach and apple
orchards; actively concerned in hui
manitarian measures and business
activities in Hartford county. One of
the three members of the State Public
Works Administration.
Thomas H. Chambers, fredericksburg
President, fredericksburg branch
County Trust Company. Identified
with number of business enterprises
and active in public affairs.
James H. Gambrill, Jr., Frederick
Dietrich & Gambrill, Inc, millers, ac-
tive in business, civic and welfare
problems of his district.
Douglas German, Baltimore County
President, Cumberland Coal Com
pany. Active in civic and welfore I'M
dertaking in Baltimore county.
Isaac Hirsch, Cumberland-Hirs
Bros, dealers in hides and wool
Former president Cumberland Cham
Der of Commerce, former president
Kiwanis Club, actively interested in
municipal taxation and civic problems
in Cumberland and western part Of
the State.
James E. Hooper, Baltimore-Vice-
president, William E. Hooper Sons
Company, manufacturers. Active in
the development of Maryland program
for Social Security Legislation.
Harlan w. Huston, Salisbury-East-
ern Shore manager Continental Amer
lean Life Insurance Company, active
in civic and welfare work and direc.
tor in several business organizations.
]. Vincent Jamison, Jr., Hagers.
Observation-Disclosures, Jamison Cole
Storage Door Company. Actively in.
terested in welfare and unemployment
problems and one of the three mem
bers of the State Public Works Ad-
ministration.
W. Frank Roberts, Baltimore-Pres-
ident, Baltimore Gas and Appliance
Manufacturing Company. President
Citizens Emergency Relief Commit.
tee, former head of the Community
Fund and member of the Baltimore
Emergency Relief Commission.
Charles C. Wallace, Baltimore For.
mer City Solicitor and was a mem.
Der Of a commission which made g
survey and report on the entire tar
structure of the State of Maryland.
James w. Wills, La Plata-South
ern Maryland Oil Company, member
of Charles County Welfare Board, Re
employment Board and other welfare
activities.