Evening star., 1932-01-26
NEW RED|STR|CT|NG
MEASURE DRAF TED
Bill to Keep Eighth District
! : intact Due in Virginia
TF Assembly Today.
BY LESTER n. INSKEEP,
stan Correspondent OF The Star.

RICHMOND, Va, January 26.-A bill
which would maintain the integrity OF
the eighth congressional district, but
which put Representatives Howard w.
Smith and John w. Fishburn in the
same district, was to be introduced IN
both branches of the General Assembly
today. Proponents of the measure were
undecided last night as to who the pa
irons would be.
The new redistricting bill, which ac-
tually was to be the second OF It's ma
ture introduced, although the details OF
o. third have been made known, was 70
Follow out the previously discussed plan
yo create a Shenandoah Valley district
and a Piedmont district. The present
tenth district would be entirely ao-
gorbed by the surrounding fourth, slxtn
seventh and eighth districts.
Fishburn to Hold Bag.
Persons familiar with the situation
we're of the opinion that passage OF the
bill would leave Representative FISH
burn holding the bag" with Repre-
sentative He lry st. George IucKer OF
the present tenth district occupying an
enviable position in the seventh, OF
which the section of the district In
which he re sides would become a part
Representative Smith, it is believed,
would have little difficulty in main
tanning his present hold on the elghth,
since the only counties to be acquired
bv the eighth from the seventh would
hs Rappahanock, Green, Madison ana
Albemarle, In which section Judge
Fishburn lives. This would leave Repre-
sentative Smith with all OF his Original
district and Representative F1shourn
with only four Of the counties OF the
district now represented by him.
The principal changes proposed IN
the bill are the addition to the fourth
district of Cumberland ard Appomat-
tox: addition to the sixth OF Bote-
tourt. Craig and Allegheny; addition
to the eighth of Rappahanock, Greene,
Madison, Albemarle and Fluvanna Coun-
ties and the City of Charlottesville, and
addition to the seventh of Rockbridge,
Bath. Highland, Amhurst and Nelson
Counties. The counties taken from the
seventh would all be east OF the Blue
Ridge Mountains and the counties add
ed would all be in the Shenandoah
Valley section.
Proposed New Districts.
AS proposed in the bill, the districts
would be as follows:
ton and Fredericksburg, and the coun-
ties of Accomac, Caroline, Elizabeth
CITY, Essex, Gloucester, King ana
queen, Lancaster, Mathews, Mlodlesex,
Northampton, Northumberland, Rich
rnond, Spotsylvania, Warwick, VEST
rnoreland and York shall form the hrst
congressional district.
The cities of Norfolk, South Norfolk,
Portsmouth and Suffolk, and the coun-
ties of Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Nor
folk. Princess Anne and Southampton
shall form the second congressional
district. x,,,+
The cities of Richmond and Will
iianlsburg and the counties OF CnarIes
City, Chesterfield. Goochland, Hanover;
Henrico, James City, King William ana
New Kent shall form the third congress
SionRl district.
The cities of Petersburg and Hope
well and the counties of Amelia, Bruins
wick. Dinwiddie, Greensvlle, Luenberg,
Mecklenburg, Nottoway, PoWhatan,
Prince Edward, Prince George, Surry,
Sussex, Cumberland, Appomattox and
Buckingham shall constitute the fourth
congressional district.
The cities of Danville and Martins
vile and the counties Of PlttSylvanla,
Henry. Franklin, Patrick, Carroll, Gray
son. Halifax and Charlotte shall form
the fifth congressional district.
The cities of Roanoke, Lynchburg,
Radford and Clifton Forge and the
counties of Campbell. Bedford, Roa-
noke, Montgomery, Floyd, Craig, Bote-
tourt and Allegheny shall form the
sixth congressional district.
The cities of Winchester, Harrison
burg, Staunton and Buena Vista and
the counties of Frederick, Clarke, War
ren, Shenandoah, Page, Rockingham,
Augusta, Nelson, Amherst, Rockbridge,
Bath and Highland shall form the sew
enth congressional district.
The cities Of Alexandria and Char
lottesville and the counties of Arling-
ton, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William,
Fauquier, Stafford, King George, Rap
pahannock, Culpeper, Madison, Greene,
Orange, Louisa, Albemarle and Flu
wanna shall form the eighth congreS-
sional district.
The city of Bristol and the counties
OF Lee, Scott, Wise. Dickinson, Buck
hannon, Russell, Washington, Smyth,
Wythe, Pulaski, Giles, Bland and Taze-
well shall form the ninth congressional
district