Evening star., 1951-04-22
Virginia COP Urges
New Congressional
District Near D. {.
By the Associated Press

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/ BY the Associated Press
ROANOKE. Va, April 21.-Cre-
alton of a new congressional dis
trict composed Of Arlington. Fair
fax and Prince William counties
and the cities of Alexandria and
Falls Church was recommended
by Virginia Republicans today.
The Republican State Central
Committee, approved unanimously
a plan submitted by Col. Albert
Hinkley of Fauquier County,
which sets up 10 districts, one
more than at present, with pop
ulation of approximately 327. 900
each.
The recommendation will be for
warded to a General Assembly
committee studying redistricting
which will report to Gov. Battle
in November.
Public Hearings Proposed.
| In the new plan. present dis
trict lines are crossed and several
districts which have grown in
population in the last decade were
reduced in area.
The central committee proposed
that public hearings be held on
the plan and that the door be
left open to any individual Repub-
hcan to offer changes to improve
the plan.
Also adopted by the commit
tee was q motion directing Robert
H. Woods of Pearisburg. State
COP chairman. to appoint a group
to study redistricting with respect
to State senatorial and house
members.
There was some opposition to
the State redistricting plan and
1.-TWO or three members Of the cen
ltral committee and others noted
THAT vigorous objection to the
Iplan could be expected from the
tN10tL ICGO do AOW COLlotltUtCu.
Two in Same District.
In the plan two incumbents
would be thrown into the same
district-RepreSentative Burton of
1.-THE Sixth District and Represent
ative Abbitt of the Fourth.
A portion of the present Sixth
and parts OF the Fourth would be
combined in a new district which
was arbitrarily referred to as the
Seventh.
The composition Of the proposed
districts by arbitrary numbering
follows:
First: Fairfax. Arlington and
Prince William Counties and cities
of Falls Church, Arlington and
Alexandria. Population. 324,927.
i Second: Cities of Charlottesville
and Winchester and counties Of
Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah,
ILoudoun. Fauquier. Warren, Rock
lingham, Page, Rappahannock,
Culpeper, Stafford. Greene, Albe-
marie. Louisa. Madison, Orange,
ISpotsylvania and Caroline. Pop
ulation, 338,817.
Richmond i'm Fourth.
Third: Counties of Accomac,
Northampton, Hanover, New Kent,
King William, King and Queen,
Essex, King George. Westmore-
land. Richmond, Northumberland,
Lancaster, Middlesex, Gloucester,
Charles City, York. Matthews.
Warwick, Elizabeth City, James
City and Newport News and
Hampton. Population 333.527.
i Fourth: Cities of Richmond and
Colonial Heights and Counties of
chesterfield and Henrico. Popu-
lation. 1872, 1888.
Fifth: Princess Anne County
land cities of Norfolk, South Nor
folk and Portsmouth. Population,
.l346,237.
Il Sixth: Counties Of Dinwiddie,
brunswick. Greensville, Prince
George. Surry. Isle of Wight,
Nansemond, Norfolk and South
! Hampton and the city of Peters
burg. Population. 317.296.
J Eighth Includes Roanoke.
I Seventh: City of Lynchburs
and counties of Bedford, Amherst
Nelson. Buckingham, Appomattox
Campbell, Halifax. Charlotte
Prince Edward, Fluvanna. Gooch-
land. Cumberland, Powhatan
Amelia, Nottoway, Lunenburg and
IMecklenburg. Population. 331 ,525
4 Eighth: Cities Of Roanoke. Cliff
ton Forge. Staunton. Buena Vista
Waynesboro and Radford and
counties of Highland, Bath. Ale
.Ighany, Craig. Montgomery. Roa-
noke, Botetourt, Rockbridge and
Augusta. Population, 324.921.
/ Ninth: Cities of Martinsville
land Danville and counties OF
J Bland. Giles, Wythe, Pulaski
IGrayson. Carroll, Floyd. Franklin
] Henry, Pittsylvania and Patrick
Population, 324,171.
u Tenth: City Of Bristol and coun-
tIties Of Lee. Scott, Wise. Washing
) ,lton, Dickinson, Russell, Smyth
,lBuchanan and Tazewell. Popu-
Ilation, 334.962.