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By Jack Stinnett
WASHINGTON —Ten or more
states (and it could happen to all
48) now can get ready for the
Battle of the Decade that has
been cropping up every decade
but one since 1790. Its other
name is Reapportionment.
The Census Bureau has sent to
the President th; 1940 census fig
ures with computations of the
number of representatives to Con
gress each state w'ill be allow
ed. By law, the President must
pass these figures along to Con
gress within a week after the
new Congress convenes January
3. Within 60 days Congress must
reapportion the seats jft the
House —or the reapportionment
by the “method of major frac
tions,” will automatically be
come effective.
Here's the way it works: If the
House of Representatives is to
continue with 435 members (and
consequently, th.- same electoral
votes and Presidential conven
tion delegations) then (by the
method of major fractions) ten
states will lose one representa
tive each. These would be Ar
kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Massachusetts, Nebraska
Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvan
ia. California would gain three
representatives and the follow
ing states would gain one each:
Arizona, Florida, Michigan, New
Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon
fen3 Tennessee.
If the "method of equal pro
portions” is used the results will
be the same except that Michi
gan and Arkansas will retain the
same numbers of representatives
as they now have.
May Ignore Redistricting
I’m not going to get involved
with the explanation of these
two mathematical theories of rep
ref utation. Except to some bud
ding Einstein they wouldn’t
Kern anything. The main point
is that in 1910 and 1930 there
wj n’t any reapportionment in
1920 and before the new decade
Was out, the error in that was
an ..rent and a law now forbids
ig i:ng it) the “m thod of equal
F' ’ lions” was app ied — and
will be this time unless Congress
changes its mind.
So. What is going to happen?
In the states which gain one or
more representatives they can —
if they wish —ignore r district
ing and in 1982 merely add an
other “Congressman-at-large” to
the state’s ballot. In the case of
California of course it would be
j three congressmen-at-large.
In Illinois, Ohio and Oklahoma
: the legislatures can wrangle ov
|-r whether they want to drop
| their present posts of “congress
men-at-large,”—or redistrict.
In Illinois that would mean
dropping one of the seats held by
Congressman-elect William G.
( Stratton and St phen A. Day; in
Ohio, one of those held by Rep.
George H. Bender and Congress
man-elect Stephen M. Young; in
Oklahoma the seat now held by
Rep. Will Rogers.
In the oth:r seven states which
lose representatives, redistrict
ing must come. If that were all,
I it would mean possibly only pol
itical upheaval, attempts at gerry
manderimg (juggling district
lines so one party or the other
will have a voting advantage),
and otherwise general fracases in
the above-named states. But that
isn’t all.
Two Examples ,
When the census maps finally
get back to the states there will
come up again the decennial
struggle to eliminate or maintain'
district which obviously offer
such unfair representation as to
be sometimes almost laughable.
Just to take two as examples: In
New York City, Samuel Dick
stein repmsents the lower east
side 12th congressional district. ,
According to the 1930 census he
has been speaking for 90,671 per
sons. Just across the East River
in Kings County, Donald L. O’
Toole in the eighth district has
been representing 799,407 per
sons. In other words if Dick
stein’s district and O'Toole’s are
bn opposite sides of the fence on
any issue then the former has
nearly eight times the voting
strength of the latter in the
House of Representatives.
Do you see why reapportion
ment is bound to be aonther Bat
tie of the Decade?
Final Census
Returns Show
Large Increases
WASHINGTON —Final census
returns put the total population
of the United States and all its
,'erritories and possessions at
150.621.231, an increase of 8.8
percent over 1930. Final figures
gave Continental United States
131.669,275 or 7.2 per cent above
1930.
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STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
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Senora Carlosa Davila, former Chilean first lady climbed weakly
into an army bomber provided by President Roosevelt for the sec
ond leg of a mercy flight from New York to Santiago, where she
hopes for renewed health. This picture was taken just before the
plane left Miami, Fla.
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Bomber Flies
Woman To
South America
(By Associated Press)
Its bombs replaced with beds,
a giant army bomber—dispatch
ed Pr sident Roosevelt on “a
mission which might save a life”
| —flew southward last week with
| Senora Carlos Davila, wife of
j the former president of Chile,,
! for whom physicians prescribed
; the climate of her native home
: land.
It was a precedent-shattering
; flight from the ice-encrusted Mit
j chel Field to the sunny Chilean
capital. Santiago. Never before
has the United States Army per
mitted a civilian or a woman toj
fly in a military plane to a for
eign country.
Maj. Hilbert W. Wittkop of the
Army Air Corps commanded the
flight. It took four days to get to
the South American city with1
stops in Miami, Fla., and Panama |
City and Lima, Peru enroute.
Operations Failed
As a result of the president’s
intervention Senora Davila was
in her homeland at the soonest
possible moment after physicians j
had said she has a chance to
ra'ly in the mild climate and fam
iliar surroundings from a serious
illness which two operations fail
ed to cure.
Senora Davila used the plane’s1
radio at Miami to thank Mr.
Roosevelt for discarding prece
dent and arranging for an army
bomber not only to take a wo
Take Action
Against Violaters
Admission Taxes
Pietro Garofalo, President of
Cine Lux Corporation of New
York City, which operates a mo
tion picture theatre in that city.1
paid a dear but just penalty for
embezzling admission taxes col
lected from his patrons, Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue Guy
T. Helvering said in commenting
on court action against the movie
exhibitor.
The case was brought to trial j
before the United States District
court for the Southern District
of New York on December 2.
Garafola and his corporation en
tered pleas of guilty and United
States District Judge William
Bondy fined the corporation
55,000 and Garofalo $2,000, sen
tenced him to two months in pri-1
;on. and ord red him deported i
to Italy upon completion of the
prison sentence.
Garofalo made returns to the
Collector of Internal Revenue
each month but did not remit the
tax to the government. His dc
fense was that he used the mon
ey to pay the operating expenses
of the theatre and corporation.
Commissioner Hel wring said
that the Bureau of Internal Rev
' nue-is taking vigorous action ag
ainst those owners and operators
of theatres, cabarets, night clubs
and other places of amusement
which collect admission taxes
and do not remit them to the
Government. The Cine Lux Cor
poration case he pointed out, evi
dences the swiftness and thor
oughness with which the Bureau
of Internal Revenue is moving to
clean up this situation.
man aloft for the first time, but
also to make the first flight to a
foreign country with a civilian
aboard.
Addressing a message to Mr.
Rooseveit aboard the warship
ruscaloosa in the Caribbean Sea,
>he said:
“Flying down to my country
and, I hope to health I wish to
express my deepest gratitude to
:he President of the United Stat
es who made this possible.”
Mr. Roosevelt placed the plane
at the disposal of Davila last
Wednesday when he learned
physicians considered a trip by
steamship or commercial plane ]
too slow.
Davila, Chilean ambassador to j
the United States before he be-!
came chief executive also express
ed his appreciation during the ov
ernight stay here.
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it The Nome Nugget
This map shows theg ains in population in the United States during 1930-1940. based on final census
figures and a Department of Commerce map. Six states showed losses. Legend shows shading for
gains in various classes. The increase for the United States as a whole was 7.2 per cent.
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Covering the fields of Art, Science, and Literature. Also a
thousand books of fiction in good condition at 25 cents each.
Large books like the collected works of Dumas, Stevenson,
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Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY 4
Fair and colder tonight and Tuesday with lowest temperature
about ten below zero.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — 16 Lowest temp — -5 Precipitation _ T
Totol precip this month — 0 Total since Jan. 1. 1941 — 0
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight - —... 3 94 S-3 Clear
8am-—.— -- -3 85 SE-3 Clear
12:30 p m-—.. -3 81 N-2 Clear 4
Tomorrow: Sunrise 9:50 a. m. Sunset 2:22 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 22 Lowest temp — 12 Precipitation — 0.02
WEATHER SYNOPSIS AND GENERAL
Fair and colder weather will prevail over the entire Seward Pen
insula tonight and Tuesday with clear skies arid light variable
winds, mostly northerly. Temperatures will range from 25 below
at north peninsula coastal stations to 15 below at southern coast
al points with slightly lower temperatures in the interior.
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