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Would he give us a brief explanation of the
scientific manner in which the 80 and the 105 was arrived
at.
DELEGATE HANSON: You mean the 35 and 105.
DELEGATE ADKINS: Yes.
What is the scientific justification?
THE CHAIRMAN: You mean 35 and 105?
DELEGATE ADKINS: Yes; as in the Committee
report.
DELEGATE HANSON: I would be happy to yield to
the chief scientist in charge, the Chairman of the Committee.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher, can you
respond to the question?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I don't want to trespass
too much on the time of the committee, but I think I
explained that the attempt was to get, first of all,
a three-to-one ratio, which we felt to be important so
that the senate districts and the house districts would
be different and distinct on the basis of population.
We felt three-to-one was satisfactory.
We then approached the question of how large |
