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it is fair to say that. there will be continued stalemates.

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I think it is interesting to note that Congress--

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that is, the House -- has been quite anxious to forestall

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litigation in this area, and consequently has approached

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the problem of congressional redistricting both from a

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temporary point of view and from a permanent.

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Congress has attempted, in the House, at least,

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to provide for variations as high as thirty percent ,but

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saying that after 1972 the House figure shall be a fifteen

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percent one. This has not met with any approval in the

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Senate, and consequently you have had the stalemate of

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which I have spoken and which I suspect is going to continue

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to exist for some time.

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Now, we require under the constitutional provision

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here that there be congressional redistricting in 1972 and

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every tenth year thereafter. There will be no question,

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therefore, that the decennial census figures will be at

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hand for the purpose of determining what the districts shall

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be.

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You will note, too, that we used the identical

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sentence with respect to natural boundaries and boundaries