June 16, 1964

speculation on effects; it is seen requiring realignment of Repub and Dem forces putting Legis control within reach of Dems, increasing influence of cities and suburbs at expense of rural counties, and making Legis more liberal; reapportionment before Nov doubted; Carlino, Mahoney, Rockefeller comment; present formulas held bulwark of Repub power; Dems controlled Legis only once (1935) since formulas were written in Const in 1894; Repubs seen trying to curb decision's impact by gerrymandering; NYC, under present formulas, would lose 9 Assembly seats in next reapportionment but would gain 4-5 under redistricting on strict population basis; Dems hail ruling, laud Straus; McKeon, Wagner, Straus comment

US Sup Ct, 6-3, rules dists in Assembly and Son must be substantially equal in population, WMCA, Straus et of suit and suits involving 5 other states; cities and suburbs seen big gainers; Ct finds no valid analogy between Legis and Cong; Chief Justice Warren, for majority, directs lower cts to decide now if dists must be revised before Nov elections; ruling based on equal-protection clause of 14th Amendment; Ct says that to apply population equality to only 1 house would permit minority veto in other; does not demand 'math exactness'; says emphasis can be given to pol subdivs with county lines maintained; plaintiffs represented by L B Sand, who attacked intricate formulas written into NYS Const for supporting 2 houses; dissents noted

US Sup Ct rules, in cases of ILA officials J Moody Sr and W Murphy who refused to answer Waterfront Comm queries about '60 walkout at Amer Export Lines piers, Hoboken, that testimony compelled in state proceedings under grant of immunity may net be used in Fed prosecutions

Pres Johnson repts visit set for June 24-25; Min Costopoulos to accompany Papandreou

“THE DEPUTY” TICKETS AVAIL. NOW. June, July, Aug. Details on theatre page. “Compelling” N. Y. Times.—Advt.

Gomulka makes 6 1/2-hr s to United Workers (Communist) party cong; urges world Communist conf on ideological dispute; scores 'revisionist tendencies' among Polish soc scientists

A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT—or something more exotic it you choose from the many food suggestions on the women's page of The New York Times.—Advt.

Ervin amendment to civil rights bill Title 1 to delete provision that permits Atty Gen or defendant official to request and get 3-judge ct in voting case defeated, 62-23; Sen Johnston amendment to delete provisions barring registrar from applying different standards to whites and Negroes on literacy tests and from disqualifying Negroes for immaterial errors on tests and voter application forms defeated 73-18; Goldwater voted against both

Lodge denies rept he will resign

Commencement

SEND ANY COMPLAINTS about the Hoffritz ad on page 14 to The Cadwell Davis Company. Inc., 605 Third Avenue N. Y. MU 2‐8921.—Advt.

state orgn falls apart after AFL majority at state conv, Newark, approves const changes eliminating posts of exec vps Jacobson and Leonardis; former CIO unions set separate conv