RESOLUTION 1984-02 commend Representative Long for consistently, courageously, and tirelessly working to improve the quality of life for the blind

WHEREAS, Representative Clarence Long has, for many years, expressed an active interest in promoting the well-being of the blind; and

WHEREAS, Representative Clarence Long has demonstrated this concern through the following practical actions:

1. He is the prime sponsor of the minimum wage for blind bill.
   1. He has, in the past, introduced bills identical to our disability insurance for the blind reform bill.
2. He has always been with us on the civil rights barricades, striving to establish the fact, in law, that the blind and disabled are first class citizens having all the rights and responsibilities that this entails.
3. He has been strongly supportive of efforts to reform and update the Javits, Wagner, O'Day Act.
4. He played an active role in our successful campaign to convince the federal government to terminate federal funding of the National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped, unless and until it begins to play a constructive role in the field of work with the blind.

5. He is always ready, willing, and able to assist constituents, and he has helped blind individuals energetically and effectively even though some who came to him for assistance were not residents of his district.

   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland in convention assembled in the City of Hagerstown this 13th day of October, 1984, that the members of this organization commend Representative Long for consistently, courageously, and tirelessly working with us to improve the quality of life for the blind.

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