Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
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Apportionment Hot Issue in Nearby States
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OoAtAAuCu EIUAu HSL Il axe
Prince Georges in the WASH
lngton area and Baltimore and
Anne Arundel in the Baltimore
area - have approximately 43
! per cent of the States popu-
'Stion but only IA per cent of
5 he representation in the State
Senate and about 20 per cent
OF the House of Delegates.
Issue In Virginia
The question of reapportion-
ing Virginia's House of Dele
, gates and State Senate promis-
es to be the hottest issue before
the Virginia General Assembly
when it conveneS in January.
A 20-man commission appoint
ed by Gov. Almond to make
recommendations on reappor-
tionment has virtually complet-
ed its work, but the final re-
port will be held up until after
the November gubernatorial
! election to keep the subject
from becoming a political foot
ball in the campaign.
. For the first time, the Su-
preme Court has agreed to rule
on cases involving Southern
sit-in demonstrations. A major
announcement on the ConSti-
nationality of private segrega-
ton could come out of these
cases.
The Government, entering
the first group of cases as
friend Of the court. has suggest
ed however, that the court
could decide these cases on the
F! circumstances of each rather
Than ruling that any arrest of
a Negro entering an all-white
restaurant violated his Consti-
tutional rights.
The cases the Supreme Court
has decided to hear involve
convictions of three groups of
negro students in Baton Rouge
on charges of disturbing the
. neace.
Other Cases Waiting
Awaiting decisions on
,yhether the Supreme Court will
.eview them are two Maryland
: asses, two from Virginia and
hree from North Carolina. /
The movement to break down
"acial barriers in restaurants,
"musement parks and similar
'laces has also prompted ar
,,estS now at the trial of ap-
Nellate level in Arkansas, Ala
. anna, Georgia, Texas. South
2arolina, KenAIcky, Tennessee,
Vest Virginia and Mississippi.
The two Maryland cases in
olive a group of Negroes con-
. icted of trespass at Glen Echo,
.'7hich subsequently abandoned
" S segregation policy. and a
group convicted of disorderly
conduct at Baltimore County's
wynn Oak Amusement Park.
The Virginia cases involve
'wo Negroes convicted of tres
ASS after they refused to leave
Howard Johnson's Restaurant
It 400 Lee Highway. Airing
on, and "a Negroes convicted
If trespass at eating facilities
N a Richmond department
tore. In an aftermath of the
Richmond incident, a dentists
rife was arrested on lettering
harges the next day when she
"efused to move on at police
orders during picketing of the
tore. She. too, is now seeking
Supreme Court review of her
conviction.
NAACP Cases
The high court faces a num-
)er of other racial issues. It has
greed to review a decision that
The National Association for
he Advancement of Colored
people engaged in unlawful So
,icitation of legal business for
is attorneys in Virginia.
The NAACP has asked the
nigh court to strike down the
Tirginia statute which would
ear it from sponsoring law
'uits TO fight racial discrimi-
lation.
The high court has also
agreed to consider a Florida
ontempt conviction Of the
resident of an NAACP branch
Tho refused to bring the mem
Oership lists of the Miami
TAACP to a hearing before
he Florida Legislative Investi-
;,ation Committee.
The NAACP. in another case,
has asked the court to take
r. third look at the organiza-
ions long battle to carry on
its work in Alabama. NAACP
mas been enjoined from oper-
stion in the State since tenn
-0orary restraining order was
ssued in 1856. It contends it
has never been granted a hear
ng to determine the legal or
constitutional validity of the
order. {
The high court ISM through
With the long-fought Com
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS