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Show INCREASE PLAN IS REJEGTED BY HOUSE LIMITS MEMBERSHIP , FOR TEN YEARS TO THE PRESENT TOTAL OF 435. Final Showdown, After Hours of Bitter Bit-ter Debate, Proves That the Opponents Oppo-nents of Measure to Increase , Membership Are in Majority. Washington. At the end of the most turbulent session of the present eonpress, the house on, January f$ ndopted the reapportionment bill with an amendment limiting Its membership member-ship for ten years to the present total of 435. The fight to prevent Increase to 483 was won several hours earlier, however, how-ever, when the house, in committee of the whole, refused to postpone consideration con-sideration of redisricting and then voted, 198 to 77, to keep the present maximum. It was after long parliamentary parlia-mentary wrangling that the bill was brought before the house itself for a final showdown. The 43.1 amendment finally was agreed to, 207 to 76, and the measure made ready for the senate, sen-ate, t At the start the effort was made literally to knock the bill in the head by striking out the enacting clause. After deciding to go ahead with the measure, Representative Barbour, Republican, Re-publican, California, member of the census committee, made himself heard above the din and proposed the 435 maximum amendment, around which the battle was waged. Other amendments amend-ments were offered, one to cut the membership to 307 and another to raise It to 400. Both were voted down. After nearly two hours' debate, a. point of order against the bill was sustained. As the bill stands, the states which will lose representation are Missouri, two seats, and Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missis-sippi, Nebraska, Rhode Island and Vermont, Ver-mont, one each. These twelve seats will be shifted to eight states. California Cali-fornia gets three, Michigan two, Ohio two, and Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas and Washington Washing-ton one each. |