The Republican., 1938-07-07

period of extremely restricted opera
ticns and the consequent demoraliza
| ton of their service. The battle
against tuberculosis among our white
citizens is well on the way to victory,
but the great problem of combating
this disease among our negro popula
tion is far from being completely in
| hand. Increased facilities provided by
appropriations for construction and
vigorous steps in the organization OF
the battle against this menace, close
as it is to the household of many, are
bringing this problem nearer solution.
Under this administration, the civil
service of the state is being admin
istered with efficiency and fearless
ness. The work of the State Employ
ment Commissioners office is serving
as model among the civil service
organizations of sister common
wealths.
No one can, with truthfulness, point
to the injection of partisan politics by
this administration into the school
system of our state, the Department
of Health, the Board of State Aid and
/ Charities, the University of Maryland,
or, for that matter into the govern
mental agency having to do with the
social or educational welfare of our
people.
Salary Cuts Restored
Under this administration, the
salary cuts of 1888 have been restored
to the school teachers of the state and
tc other state employees. This resto-
ration ended an era of tremendous
employment turnover that was hav-
ing serious effect upon the standards
and morale of the state personnel.
The first steps in the institution of a
state employees pension system have
been taken, and many of the old and
incompetent have been equitably
taken care of, to the advantage of the
public service.
The Cheltenham school for colored
delinquents, which has been a sore
spot for years in Maryland's correc-
tional system, criticized by grand
jury after grand jury and by commits
sion after commission, has at last been
incorporated into the state system
and vigorous steps are being taken to
correct the notorious faults of its pre-
! vious administration.
Seafood improvements
Our activities in the conservation OF
the natural resources of the Chesa-
peake bay, directly affecting the vel
fare of a large number of citizens
have resulted in marked Improvement
In the year previous to the advent of
my administration, the production OF
oysters had fallen to 1,830,000 bush
els, the lowest in the history of the
state and fraction of our former an
nual yield. By program of reha-
| bilitation, we have been able to turn
the tide of depletion and have steadily
increased the oyster yield from the
low of 1884 to a yield last season OF
over 3,225,000 bushels. We have ne
gotiated a vitality important agree
ment with the state of Virginia in
connection with the propagation OF
crabs. On such action the entire fu.
ture of Maryland's crab industry de-
pends. Thus, at last, definite material
Improvement and decided hope for the
future, have come to Maryland's sea-
food industry.
We have instituted a Small Loan
Commission, to regulate and control
those loan organizations which come
so intimately into contact with many
citizens. This commission, by the
vigorous conduct of it's duties, is rend-
ering signal service to the people Of
the state.
Salary Differential Unjust
| have faced the problem of the de-
plorable, unconstitutional differential