SUNDAY. JULY 15.
:edero3 Court
McayS
et District Boundaries
(Edilor'i note: The iu
prem. court's March ruling
that federal court! have
jurisdiction in the issue of
state reapportionment has
proved to be a bombshell
in state capitols throughout
the nation. In Wisconsin,
the federal courts are al
ready locked in a show
down with a Republican
dominated legislature and
a Democratic statehouse
administration. The follow
ing dispatch traces Wiscon
sin's reapportionment bat
tle, one which may be re
peated in a number of
other states before the is
sue is settled.)
By THOMAS PLEDGE
United Press International
Madison, Wis. ll'Pli The
federal courts had a tiger by
the tail in Wisconsin this
week.
The "tiger's" name was re
apportionment, an issue
which has pitted the state's
Democratic administration in
a bitter test of strength
against the Republican legis
lature and which has given
the whiphand to the federal
judges.
For the first time in the
nation's history, a federal I
court has taken the responsi-
bility if need be of setting :
the boundaries of a state's j
congressional, senate and as- j
sembly districts. j
And unless the Democrats ;
and Republicans can patch
their quarrel in short order
the court proposes to do just i
that and set a history-making j
precedent for states in the J
same predicament. ;
Politically, Wisconsin is as
sharply divided as any state
in the middle west. Its boun- j
daries range from the indus- i
trial Milwaukee area, where J
the vote is largely Demo
cratic, to the woodsy vaca- j
tionlands of the north, where :
the election returns are like- j
ly to lean to the Republicans, j
Since 1931 there has been j
no realignment of assembly
districts and none of state sen
ate districts since 1953.
May Do The Job
The man who may have to
do the job is a former state
supreme court justice, Em
mert Wjngert. Wingcrt has
been appointed a special mas
ter by the federal court to
hear arguments on the re
apportionment issue and to
recommend a solution.
Deadline for Some Vets
For Loans Is July 25
Portland-Entitlement to
CI home, farm or business
loan will expire for an esti
mated 25 per cent of World
War II veterans July 25, Man
ager R. J. Novotny of the Vet
erans Administration regional
office in Portland has an
nounced. For example, this date
would apply to an ex-serviceman
who was released from
active duty early in 1944 after
two years of service.
A veteran can compute his
own deadline by adding 10
years to his date of discharge
and an additional year for
each three months of war
service. To meet the deadline
in connection with a loan by
a private lender, VA must re
ceive the loan application
from the lender before the vet
eran's expiration date, Novot
ny said.
However, a veteran who
plans to purchase a home in
a VA direct loan area will
have his deadline extended
one year by addressing an in
formal letter of application to
the Portland VA office, pro
vided the request is received
before his loan entitlement ex
pires. Final Deadline
Regardless of service peri
od, a veteran or his widow
in one of the following classes
will have eligibility up to the
final World War II deadline
of July 25. 1967:
(1.) A veteran released on
grounds of service connected
disability from active World
War II duty: (2) A veteran
who had previously secured j
a GI home loan but whose
entitlement has been restored
due to his need for disposing I
of the original home for rea
sons beyond his control; (3)
An unremarried widow of a
veteran who died from a serv
ice connected disability dur
ing active duty; (4) An unre
married widow of a veteran
who was discharged for a
service connected disability.
Eligibility of those who
served during the Korean con
flict does not begin to expire
until Jan. 31, 1965.
His word might decide the
issue unless the Republicans
of the legislature can conic
up quickly with a plan ac
ceptable to Democratic Gov.
Gaylord Nelson. The plan
will probably have to be a
compromise, since Nelson has
already vetoed the first plan
to come from the legislature.
Democratic Atty. Gen.
John Reynolds started the
donneybrook.
Reynolds, 41, a candidate
for governor looking for an
election issue, went to the
slate supreme court in Jan
uary asking that reappor
tionment be ordered before
the fall elections, when a
new govt-Trior, one half the
stale senate and all 100 as
semblymen will be elected.
The Republican c o n
trolled legislature, hip deep
in lax debate and anxious
to end their longest session
in history, brushed off the
action. When the state
court ruled that reappor
tionment could wait until
1963. the issue seemed dead.
But Reynolds got a break
when the U.S. supreme
court, in a historic deci
sion on March 26. ruled in
a Tennessee case that fed
eral courts have jurisdic
tion in cases where mal
apportionment of legisla
tive seals is alleged.
The court said voters in
under -represented districts
were losing out on their
rights to equal protection
under the 14th amendment
to the U.S. constitution.
The decision brought a
wave of suits in other
states. Alabama and Okla
homa were ordered to re
apportion, a re-districting
was challenged in Georgia,
Florida. North Dakota and
Virginia. Federal action is
either contemplated or
underway in 21 other stales
for a total of 27.
Reynolds went to the
federal district court of
Wisconsin in April with
a satchel lull of census
figures purporting to show
a number of under-represented
areas, mainly in the
fast growing southeastern
portion of the state near
Milwaukee.
A panel of three federal
judges heard arguments
and then asked Gov. Nel
son, who is running for the
Health Board Warns of
Sun-Stroke, Prostration
Portland - The Oregon stale
board of health has warned
against the possibilities of
sun-stroke or heat prostration
from over - exertion, particu
larly during periods of hot
weather.
Although the two conditi
ons frequently are thought to
be the same, they require dif
ferent methods of handling, '
according to Dr. Richard H. '
Wilcox, state health of'ictr.
He said symptoms of sun
stroke include a red face, hot
dry skin, no perspiration, la
bored breathing or sighing, a
full and rapid pulse, high tem
perature and possible muscle
spasms.
Call Physician
! Victims should be moved
to a cool place immediately
! and a physician should be
i called. Dr. Wilcox said. The
patient's clothing should be
I loosened, the body cooled, and
1 brisk rubbing should be
! started to stimulate circula
tion. Avoid, ice packs or baths
j because they constrict surface
blood vessels.
By contrast. Dr. Wilcox
ly produces muscular weak
ness, dizziness, nausea, an un
certain or staggering gait,
pale face, and profuse perspi
ration. .The pulse is weak,
breathing slutlluw, and the
victim may become cold even
though the air is warmer than
body heal.
' In the case of heat exhaus
tion, the patient should lie
down in an area with good air
circulation and be given a
moderate amount of covering,
according to the health offi
cer. A level half-tcaspoonful
of salt in about one-third
glass of water may be given
repeatedly until as much as
a level tablespoon of salt has
been taken. Stimulants such
as warm coffee or tea may be
given and external heat may
be needed in severe cases. A
physician should always be
consulted
Sun-stroke and heat ex
haustion can strike anyone,
although serious cases occur
most often among alcoholics
young children,
pie, overweight
those suffering
said, heat exhaustion usual-! chronic illness.
U.S. senate, to call a spe
cial session of the legisla
ture. The judges warned the
legislature that any evi
dence of "foot dragging" on
t h e reapportionment issue
would bring the federal
courts directly into the re
apportionment squabble.
Growling Republicans, con
tending they were working
"under the shadow of a club"
held by the federal courts,
proceeded to use their major
ity might to push through a
GOP plan for reapportion
ment. But the GOP bills failed to
give added representation
to predominately democratic
areas of Milwaukee county
and were vetoed by Nelson.
He called the plan "a shame
ful gerrymander."
That was when the federal
court named Wingert to con
duct hearings and chart .1
plan of action. He began
work this week. The legisla
lure likewise reconvened
this week.
Ignrring Each Other
Legislators and federal
;nas.cr were largely ignoring
each other In the reapportion
ment showdown. As each day
passed, it appeare increasing
ly doubtfui if any kind of re
apportionment could be
achieved in lime for the fall
elections. .
i The voters, t h e m s e 1 v c s
seemed uninterested. When
the legislators opened public
; hearings on reapportionment,
elderly peo-1 they expected a crowd of nun
persons, and drcds. Instead, omy ""ce per
from some j sons asked permission to
1 testify.
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May Be Altered
Portland-H'Pn-A member of
the legislative interim com
mittee on social problems
hinted Thursday there may
be a drive in the 1963 legis
lature to alter the present
grand jury system in Oregon.
State Rep. Grace O. Peck
(D - Portland), accompanied
her remarks with a blast at
the Marion county grand jury
report which criticized the
State Hospital in Salem two
weeks ago.
The report charged that
homosexuals have been em
ployed on the hospital staff.
The hospital's ground parole
policy also was criticized and
the report complained that
tome male and female pa
tients were fraternizing.
At o subcommittee meeting,
Mrs. Peck said the report
"dealt a real serious blow"
to Oregon's new mental
health program "
Marion County Dist. Atty.
Hattie Kremen defended the
report. She noted that vari
ous newspapers have describ
ed the Marion grand jury as a
group of uninformed laymen.
She said this is "quite un
true." adding the jury was
composed of businessmen
and women who were well
qualified.
Foreign 'Tax Haven'
Hoes May Be Closed
Washington. ITT' The Senate
Finance Committee went on
record Friday as favoring the
rlnsinc of loretgn tax haven '
loopholes.
The committer took the
action in its third day of
Hosed sessions on President
Kennedy s controversial tax
revision bill, passed more
than three months ago by lh
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