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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
fieffr strieMRg Indicates Gain Tor Republicans in rOavember Voting
Editor'! not: Two years
ago Uncle Sam conducted
hii regular 10-year not
count. At a result 25 states
gained or loit seals In Con
great, confronting them
with the agoniiing task of
overhauling their congres
sional district!. The follow
ing dispatch describes the
outcome and how it may
iigure in next November's
battle for control of Con
By RAYMOND LAHR
Washington -UIPD- State
legislatures have finished the
agonizing job of congression
al rcdistricting along lines
which indicate a small gain
for the Republicans in this
November's c o n g r e ssional
elections.
Rcdistricting alone cannot
give the GOP control of the
national House of Represents
tives next year. They still will
need a strong favorable tide
to gain the 44 seats they must
have to muster the necessary
majority of 218 House members.
Reports from UPI bureaus
and national party officials
indicate the Democrats prob
ably will lose 17 seats they
now hold and gain 11 as a
result of rcdistricting. This
would be a net loss of six.
For the GOP, there is an
Indicated loss of four and
gain of six for a net gain
of two.
In 13 other districts, both
parties claim an edge, or the
outcome is considered too
Close to call.
These findings are based
largely on historic voting pat
terns, ihey could be changed
as issues or strong candidates
develop.
Twenty-five slates gained or
lost House scats as a result
of population shifts shown by
the 1960 census. The legisla
tures in 20 of these states
have rcdistrictcd.
In each of five states, which
gained one House seat each,
one additional congressman
will be elected from the state
at large. These are Maryland,
Ohio, Michigan, Texas and
Hawaii.
The Maryland Legislature
passed a rcdistricting law, but
it can become effective only
If approved in a referendum
next November. Therefore It
can have no meaning before
l!)fi4.
There is still a remote pos
sibility of reapportionment in
Michigan, where Gov. John
Swainson vetoed one plan,
But further action is consid
ered very unlikely.
Prolonged political strug
gles preceded the adoption of
reapportionment laws in a
number of states notably
Mai sachusetts, Pensylvania,
Illinois and Minnesota. Any
state losing one or more seats
had to redistrict to avoid
electing its enUre delegation
from the state at large.
The House will revert to
435 members next year from
its present 437. Two tempo
rary seats were created, pena
ing the I960 census, when
Hawaii and Alaska were
granted statehood.
Only in New York and Cal
ifornia would substantial
changes in the party lineup
of state delegations result
from new reapportion m e n t
laws.
In New York, where the
delegation is being cut from
43 to 41 members the Repufr
lican-controlled legisla t u r e
adopted a plan which appears
to eliminate six Democratic
seats and create four new
GOP seats.
California's delegation Is
being increased from 30 to 38
seats. The Democratic legisla
ture rcdistricted to give the
Democrats at least six and
Dossibly eight more seats.
Here are assessments of the
political effects of reappor
tionment laws in other states:
Alabama: Loses one seat in
a nine - member Democratic
delegation. A deadlocked leg
islature finally approved a
plan to nominate candidates
in the existing nine districts
with eight to be chosen from
a statewide runoff.
Arkansai: Loses two seats
from its delegation of six
Democrats.
Ariiona: Increases its dele
gation from two to three
members. The new third dis
trict is listed as a toss-up; it
is composed of Democr a t i c
counties which produced a
GOP majority in a special
congressional election last
year.
Florida: Its delegation is
enlarged from 8 to 12 seats.
The GOP is conceded one of
the new scats and given a
longshot chance to pick up
another, but a probable Dem
ocratic gain of three scats is
indicated.
Your Money's
Worth
By SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc.
CURRENCY METHUSALEH THE U.S. DOLLAR
The Methusaleh of all the 92 currencies which govern
the economic and financial life of this globe is the United
Slates dollar. As of this month, the U.S. dollar is 28 years,
four months old meaning this is how long it has been
since the 1034 legal devaluation cut the gold content of
our currency.
No other currency of any significance even comes near
ours in durability, an analysis in "Pick's Currency Year
book," to be published In August, will show. The Guate
malan quet7.nl, the Haitian gourde, the Honduran lempira.
the Panamanian balboa haven't been devalued since 1934
either but whnt do these currencies count for?
"'The great group of Sterling Area currencies, governing,"
as Pick says, "the economics of nearly 730 million people."
Js just over 12H years old. The world-wide Swiss franc was
devalued a bit nine years, five months ago. The Russian
ruble is a baby at one year, five months. The Israel pound
Is only four months old.
The Canadian dollar is the infant of them all. Just a few
days ago, an enormous speculative raid against the Canadian
dollar forced a devaluation to a new peg at 92'i U.S. cents.
This means a Canadian Importer will have to pay around
51.08 for every $1 of U.S. goods brought across the border.
At the same time, prices of Canadian goods which are ex
ported will be cut across-the-board and Canada hopes this
win snarpiy increase her sales abroad.
We have achieved our unmatched record of dollar
stability in the face of difficulties which would have
cruihed the currency of a nation not 10 rich, reiourceful
or wedded to baiic financial conicrvatlsm ai ours and,
don't kid yourtelf, ihe difficultiei have been major and
are mounting now with alarming rapidity.
By achieving this, we have contributed mightily to the
rcsiorauon oi economic prosperity throughout the free world
By making our dollar the pivot of the West's currencies, we
liave given our allies strength on which to draw. By giving
and lending billions upon billions to nations In need, we have
saved the free world and we laid the basis for the prosperity
wnicn fciiropc. particularly, enjoys todav.
We have done this with our powerful, durable dollar
and there s no reason we shouldn t claim the credit. Rather,
ihrrcs every reason we should claim It, especially at this
point.
For the blunt fact Is our dollar is now feeling Ihe effect
of our past and present generosity.
Year after year, at we have aent many more billions of
dollars around the globe than we have earned in aalei of
goods around the globe, foreign creditors have built up
manive claims against our gold reierve and our gold board
ha been dwindling steadily. The short-term claims of
foreigner! against us are up to towering S23 billion: our
gold reierve it down to a 23-ytar-low of under $16.5
billion.
In October 19B0, when vicious and utterly unfounded
rumors about the Kennedy Administration's plans to go In
for wildly Inflationary programs and to devalue the dollar
were spread through Ihe world's financial capitals, a danger
ous speculative raid on the dollar did develop. The dollar
could have tumbled then had not Kennedy issued an un
qualified denial, had he no! shown his understanding of
the need for orthodoxy in federal finance, had not our Cen
tral Bank and Treasury taken a series of steps to bolster the
dollar's safeguards.
Our dollar is not in the clear thninth r,r rr,rt it TWn
short-term claims exist. Our gold reserve Is sinking cveryl
ween, we arc running a prions deficit In our balance of
payments and no near-term solution Is In sight. A devalua
tion would cut the prices of goods which we export, make us
more competitive In the world's markets.
Of course we can't expect foreign creditors, bankers o,
speculators to have any sentimentality about the U. S. when
their poekethooks are involved. But a Evaluation of the
dollar would shake the financial foundations of every nation.
For their own'sakes, they would be wise not to push us loo
hard or underestimate what this would mean to Ihem.
Hawaii: Gains one seat for
a total of two. both to be
filled at large. The new scat
is counted a toss-up.
Illinois: Loses one seat for
a new total of 24. The Demo
crats are expected to lose one
and possibly three seats from
redistrict ing.
Iowa: One Democratic seat
eliminated in cutting the dele
gation from eight to seven.
Kantat: In reducing the
seats from six to five, the
legislature merged the dis
tricts of Democratic Rep. J.
Floyd Breeding and GOP Rep.
Robert Dole, who are rated
about even,
Kentucky: One Democratic
seat eliminated in cutting del
egation from eight members
to seven.
Maine: Loses one seat in
tbawe-member Republican del
egation. Maryland: Delegation is in
creased from seven members
to eight. The new seat to be
filled at large is expected to
be influenced greatly by the
outcome of the governorship
race.
Massachusetts: Each party
is expected to lose one seat in
reapportionment which cut
the delegation from 14 to 12
members.
Michigan: its delegation is
increased from 18 to 19, with
the new member to be elected
at large. The new seat is like
ly to go to the party winning
the governorship.
Minnesota: Loses one scat
in a delegation of nine. The
legislature merged Democrat
ic Rep. Fred Marshall's dis
trict with that of Republican
Rep. H. Carl Anderson in
what appeared to be a Demo
cratic strength was added to
the district from which GOP
Rep. Walter H. Judd is retir
ing. The outlook in both dis
tricts is uncertain.
Mississippi: Loses one seat
in six-man Democratic dele
gation. Missouri: One Democratic
seat eliminated in cutting del
egation from 11 members to
10.
Nebraska Loses one of four
Republican seats.
New Jersey: A proba b 1 e
Democratic gain of one seat
in expanding the state from
14 to 15 districts.
North Carolina: Remapping
12 districts into 11, the legis
lature put Democratic Rep. A.
Paul Kitchin and GOP Rep.
Charles R. Jonas into one dis
trict, which both parties now
claim.
Ohio: Adds rjlie seat for a
total of 24. The new congress
man at large is viewed as a
probable Republican gain.
Pennsylvania: Loses three
seats for a new total of 27.
Each party expects to lose
one seat and another district
is listed as a toss-up.
Texas: Gains one seat for
a total of 23. The new seat
will be elected from the state
at large, meaning it probably
will be Democratic.
West Virginia: Delegation five with one Democratic loss
reduced from si: members to (Indicated.
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