WHEREAS, despite recent advances in changing the generally held image of the helpless and incompetent blind, many myths still persist;
WHEREAS, these myths are translated into denial of employment opportunities for the blind who, nevertheless, are qualified and able to work on terms of
equality;
WHEREAS, such practices which limit the blind are unjustified and discriminatory acts which have the practical effect of placing us in conditions of second-
class status;
WHEREAS, legislation ( HR1919) to address these forms of discrimination has been introduced in the U. S. House of Representatives by the Honorable John
Moakley of Massachusetts; and
BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland assembled this 1st day of November, 1981, in the City of Grantsville, Maryland, that
we urge the members of the House of Representatives from Maryland to add their names as co- sponsors to HR. 1919; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senator Sarbanes and Senator Mathias are also urged to join in a bi- partisan effort on behalf of this legislation by introducing
it in the U. S. Senate.