Evening star., 1951-01-21
Virginia 6. 0. P. Ask!
New Congressional
District in Suburbs
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 20.-The
Republican State Central Com
mittee today tentatively adopted
a plan for congressional redis-
tricting in Virginia which would
create new House district
in the Washington Metropolitan
Area.
The redistricting plan was also
intended to assure the election Of
"a Republican to Congress.
The proposal will be up for final
decision at another Republican
meeting in March. If it gets COM
mittee approval, it will be intro
duced into the 1852 General AS
sembly by Republican members.
Virginia's delegation to the
House of Representatives was
upped from nine to 10 as result
of the population increase shown
in the 1850 census.
Nearby Areas Included.
The COP. plan calls for carv-
ing the new 10th District out of
the Eighth. 1t would include Alex
andria and Falls Church plus Ar
lington and Fairfax Counties.
In some recent elections the
combined popular vote of those
four areas has favored the Re-
publican congressional candidate.
The proposed 10th District
would have a population Of
3O2, 1888.
The redistricting proposal, sub
mitted by Albert P. Hinckley. Of
Fauquier County, would leave the
present Fifth, Sixth. Seventh and
Ninth districts unchanged.
Treasurer Resigns Again.
Fred McWane, of Lynchburg.
treasurer of the central commit
tee. rendered his resignation again
today. reminding his fellow COM
mitteemen that no action has
been taken on the resignation he
submitted in December, 1949.
On motion of E. D. Hilton, of
Salem. the matter was referred to
the Public Relations Committee,
and the group was authorized to
fill the vacancy.
Here's how the Republican re-
districting plan looks.
The First District would lose
Caroline and Spotsylvania Coun-
ties. but would gain Charles City,
New Kent and James City Coun-
ties. It's population would be
3O5, 1853.
The First is now composed of
Newport News, Hampton. Fred
ericksburg, Accomack, Carolina,
Elizabeth City. Essex. Gloucester.
King and Queen. Lancaster.
Mathews. Middlesex. Northamp-
ton, Northumberland, Richmond
County. Spotsylvania. Warwick,
Westmoreland and York.
Makeup Of I'd District.
The Second District would lose
Southampton. Isle of Wight and
Nansemond counties and would be
made up of Norfolk city, South
Norfolk. Norfolk county. Ports
mouth and Princess Anne county
and have population of 409, ,545
With the three additional coun-
ties. the Fourth District would
have population of 338,089. 1t
would be made up of Petersburg
Hopewell, Amelia. Brunswick, Din
widdie, Greensville, Lunenburg
Mecklenburg, Nottoway, oowha-
tan, Buckingham. Appomattox
Prince Edward, Prince George
Surry, Sussex. Cumberland plus
the three counties from the Sec
ond.
The Third would be reduced to
the city of Richmond and Henrico
and Chesterfield counties. Its
population would be 326,863. The
Third would lose Charles City,
New Kent and James City-all
going to the First-plus Williams
burg. Hanover and King William.
The Eighth District would con-
tinue to keep Charlottesville
Albemarle, Greene, Loudoun, Mad
ison. Prince William, Fauquier
Stafford, King George. Culpeper,
Orange. Goochland, Fluvanna and
Louisa. 1t would have added to 1t
Hanover, Spotsylvania, and Caro-
line counties. Thus the Eighth
would have q population of
261. 1929.