Show I NO REAPPORTIONMENT FOR CONGRESS Congressman John Q Tilson TUson of Connecticut Republican leader In Inthe inthe inthe the house of s thinks there will be no congressional congressional congressional reapportionment until after I the tho 1930 census High as a be he Is Is- Is In the counsels of the party now in control of th the government Tilson knows what he hes he's talking aBout for the present at least Without stopping to gIve the I I subject a little consideration m probably very few people will I realize how unfair this Is There Ther are as congress Is con con- today members of oC o the lower house The theory is that the population Is divided by and a congressman represents each quotient Obviously as the country grows there will be sectional variations unless the whole country Increases I In population at the same rela rela- rela relative tive Live rate which Is not to be ex- ex expected ex expected and which it does not The constitutions constitution's trainers framers ac- ac ac accordingly cordingly provided for tor a r reapS reap following each decennial decennial nial census which also was w s pro pro- provided tided tor for This rule was followed with the exception of o a break during the civil cl war when a census was as missed due to circumstances circumstance over which the federal government plainly had bad no control There was a reapportionment following the tb 1910 census and anc COngressmen still are ar beIng elect elect- elected elected ed and re-elected re on that basis There was Wal a census In 1920 but no reapportionment ensued Cop Cop- Cress Cop gress simply has disregarded It Why Well since 1910 population has increased In the urban much fast ta ter er than it has Increased In the rural districts In 1910 it was predominantly rural Today it Is predominantly urban Yet th the rural population still rules though In a o minority One ot of two things thine must hap hap- happen hap happen pen with a reapportionment Either urban districts would set get enough extra congressmen to gain control increasing tho the size ot oC othe the house of oC o representatives by nearly 60 members mostly mosBy from the cities or If it the house boue re- re remains re remains mains at Its present numbers the urban distrIcts district will gain representation representation tation and the tb rural districts will lose representation correspond The Tho readjustment may be b de desirable de or it may not but the calls for it at any rate Congressman Tilson doesn't question that this Is the ca cae e He adds that he favors ors compliance anc ance But suppose congress tells the founding fath father r In this In- In Instance instance In Instance stance to go to hunt a n a warmer cli- cli climate climate cli climate mate What's to be don done about it Nothing Congress cant can't be penalized It simply disregards the fundamental and la-and law and law and that's that |