Evening star., 1943-07-17
0'Conor Names Group
To Study Projects
For Postwar BuiIdjnu .
r. B. White Heads 15-Mon
Commission to Prepare
Public Works Program
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 17.-Com-
position of the Maryland Commits
sion on Postwar Reconstruction and
Development, to be headed by Roy
Barton White. president of the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad, was an
nounced yesterday by Gov. O'Conor
The 15-man commission has as its
primary function, Gov. OConor
said. ito prepare a public works
program for possible immediate in
itiation after the war and to un-
dertake surveys and studies regard
ing needed roadways. airports,
bridges and similar projects, so that
all necessary information and, where
possible, plans may be in readiness
for prompt effectuation whenever in
the postwar period such projects
seem needed to provide against un-
employment
Those appointed to the commits
sion, in addition to Mr.. White, in
cluded the following:
John r. Shea. works manager,
Western Electric Co.: Glenn L. Mar
tin. president. Glenn L. Martin Co.;
j. M. Willis, vice president and gen.
eral manager, Bethlehem Fairfield
Shipyard, Inc; Dr. Abel Wolman,
chairman of the Maryland State
Planning Commission; William S.
Gordy, jr.. Salisbury banker and
former State controller: John j.
McMullen, chairman of the Upper
Potomac River Commission. from
Cumberland; DR., D. o. w. Holmes.
president of Morgan State College:
Lee L. Dopkin. member of State
Board of Public Welfare.
State Senator L. Harold Sothoron
Of Prince Georges County and MEM
Der of the interstate Commission on
Potomac River Easin: Charles M.
Bandiere, member of the House of
Delegates from Baltimore City;
Robert j. Buxbaum, president of the
Maryland-District American Fed
Grafton of Labor: E. Brooke Lee,
member of the Maryland-N National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion: Henry P Irr, past president of
the Maryland Council of Insured
Savings and Loan Associations, and
William F. Schluderberg, chairman
of the Maryland Development Bu-
reau of the Baltimore Association
of Commerce
-Four consultants to the commits
sion were also appointed by the
Governor. They are Dean J. F.
Pyle. College of Business and Public
Administration at the University of
Maryland: Ezra B. Whitman, chair
man of the State Roads Commis-
sion: Nathan l.. Smith. chief en-
gineer of Baltimore, and I. Alvin
Pasarew, acting executive secretary
of the Maryland State Planning
Commission
II cannot over-emphasize the
Importance of the work to be under
taken by this commission" Gov
O'Connor said. Persons in posi-
ton to know the real facts and who
are familiar enough with our past
history to have a worthwhile opinion
on the future governmental setup,
agree that the States will occupy
a vital place in the postwar era.
These sovereign governmental
units, which are closest to our
people, are determined and quail
fed to act IN the peoples interest.
Fortunately, such States as Mary
land are now and will be in
stronger financial position to launch
postwar project. Our States
financial position was never stronger
than it is today AS a, result of the
accumulation of a sizable surplus,
it was possible for me to make pro-
vision in the fiscal program for
s2.000,000 to be set aside for post
war reconstruction.