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Urbanites Seek Representation On Equal Basis m MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1963 By CHARLOTTE G. MOULTON United Press International Washington - (UPD - City voters are banging on the doors of the supreme court again for equal representa tion. Cases attacking the city vs. rural lineup in state leg islatures have been docket ed from New York, Michi gan, Alabama, Maryland and Oklahoma. One from Virginia is on the way. In addition, an appeal from Georgia challenges the dis tricting for election to the U. S. House of Representa tives. The high court has not acted on these appeals as yet, probably because it wants to get another case out of the way first-one testing the constitutionality of Georgia's county unit election system. Arguments have been scheduled for next week. Urged To Hear Case Georgia urged the court to hear the case last June, after argument sessions had ended for the term. But the court refused to take this unusual step. As a result, the county unit plan was junked in last September's primary, in accordance with a previ ous order by a special three judge federal panel in At lanta. The election was by popular vote. Conduct of future elec tions in Georgia will be de termined by the supreme court's ruling on the state's appeal. The decision is ex pected some time before the end of the present term in June. Lawsuits Start The sunburst of reappor tionment lawsuits all over the country started after the high court's landmark ruling in "Baker vs. Carr," not yet a year old. There, in response to an appeal by a group of Tennesseans, the court broke precedent and opened the doors of federal tribunals to complaints of this kind. The Tennessee voters said the population had for years' been shifting from the coun try to the city. But the leg islature has done nothing to correct the imbalance by providing for more law makers from city districts and fewer from rural areas. They said 40 per cent of the voting population con trolled the state senate and 37 per cent the house. Majority Opinion The majority opinion by Justice William J. Brennan Jr., suggested that the con stitutional right of an indi vidual citizen to "the equal protection of the laws" could be violated in this sit uation. The 14th amend ment contains the "equal protection" guarantee. Soon after the decision, lower federal and state courts held unconstitutional a large number of state leg islative appointments. Some legislatures have now reapportioned them selves; others have been re arranged by a court; and still others have been given more time to solve their problem. But Brennan did not give lower courts any guidance on he main question; What is a proper apportionment that will be fair to all the voters? Based on Geography Must both houses neces sarily be set up on the basis of population? Or may the state senate be a kind of counterpart o f the U. S. senate and based on geog raphy. Parties with apportion ment cases now in the high court are looking for the answers. . Earlier this year a con ference of research scholars sponsored by the Twentieth Century fund came to some conclusions in this area. The consensus was that "the only legitimate basis of rep resentation in a state legis lature is people." "One man's vote must be worth the same as anoth er's," a summary of the con ference stated. Applies In Both Houses The scholars said this principle applies in both houses. There is no justifi cation, they said, for a kind of "federal plan" under which districts would be represented in the state sen ate the same way states are in the U. S. Congress. "T h e Constitution em bodies a theory of federal ism which divides sovereign power between the nation and the states," the sum mary said. "A key device for protecting their residual sovereignty was the equal state voice in the senate . . . counties, by contrast, were never independent or sov ereign . . . they are wholly creatures of the states and may at any time be merged, divided or abolished by state governments." It has been suggested that two houses-a bicameral legislature-would not be need ed if both were elected on a population basis. Checks, Balances But the conferees agreed that a second house is not a mirror of the first but pro vides checks and balances in the legislative process. More deliberation is insured before a law is enacted. The conference cited Massachusetts, where both.. Houses are apportioned pop ulation. The House has 240 members, the Senate 40, a legislature as . representa tive of the people as any in the country. Yet the two bodies frequently disagree. Two which arrived at opposite conclusions were the Maryland Court of ap peals, which upheld the apportionment of the state senate; and three-judge fed eral court In Alexandria, Va., which ordered the re vamping of both houses of the Virginia General As sembly. Reject Federal Analogy U. S. District Judge Al bert V. Bryan, speaking for a 2 to 1 majority in the Virginia case, rejected the so - called f eaerai Ana logy." He said state Senate Districts, unlike the states themselves, have no "Aut onomy." The Maryland Court, on the other hand, said If the congress of the United States can run with one house selected by geo graphy, so can a state legislature. The court said it is true that the states which adopt ed the Federal Constitution were sovereign bodies. But it said 37 more have been admitted to the union since 1789, none of which had ever been sovereign "with the possible exception of Texas." Further, the opinion by Judge William L. Hender son said, "It was never sug gested that senators vote by states. They were clearly members of national con gress. . ." He concluded with an indisputable state ment: "There is no unanimity of opinion to be drawn from the (recent) cases, and the final determination must await further light from supreme court of the United States." D O o 0 rwt&i ' l will be J sx $tksmzm I Ilia W VFD a imim m Liizijr : l i i i n . . . r . . WARDS WAREHOUSE 1. AR0S RCTAIL STORE 2. SHALL WARtHOUSE-8t"nd Stote 3. JACKSON MOUSE 4. DRIVE IN CLEANERS 5. CATUS MOTEL 6. CRATER INN HOTEL 7. RICHFIOO OAS STATIOM Hiverside 4-SOUARI OUARANTII 1 Agolnir rood ho lords for Hit ipaxifWd lm. Adjustment, pro. rottd on months ihA Against defects In nwferialt, wort mamhip for ttfe ol tread. Ad justment prorated on tread wear. 3. Nationwide service at all branches. 4. Satisfaction guaranteed nation wide. 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Barbara Phillips To Open Office Barbara Ashley Phillips will open law offices in the Goldy building in Medford Monday, Jan. 14. Mrs. Phillips, who received her LIB from the Yale Uni versity school of law in 1961 after graduating from the University of California in 1957, engaged in general law practice in Oregon City for one year before moving to Medford six months ago. Admitted to the practice of law in 1961. Mrs. Phillips is a member of the American Bar association section of tax ation. In the Oregon State Bar, she is on the continuing education committee and liai son representative to the leg islative interim committee on the small business for taxation committee. She is secretary for the Jackson County Bar' association. i In Medford, Mrs. Phillips is a member of the League of Women Voters and of St. Mark's Episcopal church. Her husband, Theodore W. Phillips, lawyer, is associated here with Robert R. Dickey. 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