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...Constitution, in conformity with the present-day population of the U. S. House seats are still held on the basis of the 1910 Census. When the House met this month, it was announced that a bloc of 100 members would, if necessary, filibuster to put through some Reapportionment bill, presumably the long-shelved measure written by Chairman E. Hart Fenn (Connecticut) of the Census Committee to reapportion on the basis of the 1930 census (TIME...
...Estimates are that California would benefit most, gaining six seats. Next would be Michigan, gaining four seats; then Ohio, 3; New Jersey & Texas, 2; Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma & Washington, 1 seat each. Hitherto the States which are threatened with losing seats have been an organized bloc opposing Reapportionment. Now the would-be-gainers are organizing. Michigan's McLeod arose last week and announced that a bloc of 100 votes had been formed "to take any measure necessary" to pass the Fenn bill promptly. "We hope," he warned, "that it will not be necessary to filibuster...
¶ Debated bills to reapportion congressional representation on a modern basis of population; but as usual sidetracked the issue (see p. 11).
¶ Defeated, 198 to 183, the Fenn bill which would reapportion Congressional membership.
"Is it fair that the Detroit or Los Angeles districts, of practically a million each, should have but one representative? It is an underlying principle of our Government that the representation shall be proportioned to population. What assurance have we that this [refusal to reapportion] will not establish a precedent...