6 THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT

found their way into the Library of Congress. Governor Tawes has
decided to proceed by enlisting the support of the Maryland delegation
in Congress. In a letter of December 13th, addressed to our Congress-
men, Governor Tawes claimed the records for Maryland, and suggested
that if all else failed to accomplish their return, a Joint Resolution
might be introduced in the Congress requiring their return.

After the Land Office and the Library of Congress, the only de-
pository which has any considerable amount of Maryland records is
the Maryland Historical Society. Otherwise there is still a fairly large
quantity in the hands of private individuals. These latter will take
time to retrieve and the task may never be entirely accomplished.

I should like to call your attention this year especially to the
Records Management report. There you have described the new system
of land recording designed for Prince George's County, as well as the
Cott data-processed indexing service for the land records in Charles,
Queen Anne's, Talbot, Wicomico and Worcester Counties. They are
ingenious methods of saving space and hand labor and we hope that
they will succeed.

Respectfully submitted,

MORRIS L. RADOFF
Archivist and Records Administrator