THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, September 10, 1971
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Redistricting unconstitutional,
Texas Supreme Court rules
AUSTIN (A»)—The Republican
Party and a member of the “Dirty
30” won a state Supreme Court
decision Thursday that the 1971
Texas House redistricting plan
is unconstitutional.
In a dramatic ruling from the
bench, the court upheld Austin
District Judge Herman Jones’
decision that the measure, which
critics called a device for political
revenge, violated the Texas Con
stitution.
Left unsettled was the ques
tion of who should draw new
districts for election of state rep
resentatives in 1972, the legisla
ture or the five-man Legislative
Redistricting Board.
Gov. Preston Smith, the only
man who can call the legislature
into special session, said such a
session was “unthinkable.”
Chief Justice Robert W. Cal
vert said the court would issue
a written opinion later giving
the reasons for its decision.
Presumably, the reasons would
be about the same as those given
by Jones: The bill disregarded a
constitutional prohibition against
—with few exceptions—dividing
any county among two or more
legislative districts. This happen
ed 23 times in the House re
apportionment plan.
Critics charged that House
Speaker Gus Mutscher used the
bill as an instrument of revenge
against the “Dirty 30” coalition
of Republicans and liberal Demo
crats. The measure, engineered
by Mutscher and his top lieuten
ants, placed 20 members of the
“Dirty 30” in districts that could
elect only 13 House members. The
“Dirty 30” pressed during the
regular session for an investiga
tion of Mutscher’s stock dealings
and opposed him on major legis
lation.
Rep. Tom Craddick, a Midland
Republican and a member of the
“Dirty 30,” joined the Texas
GOP in filing the suit to invali
date the redistricting plan.
After hearing 70 minutes of
oral arguments on the constitu
tionality of the plan, the court
recessed, deliberated in its robing
room and returned 15 minutes
later with its decision.
“The court has concluded the
legislative redistricting act is
unconstitutional,” Calvert an
nounced from the court’s raised
marble bench.
Calvert added that the court
would not accept any motion for
rehearing from Atty. Gen. Craw
ford Martin, whose staff had to
defend the redistricting bill in
court.
The chief justice was asked
whether the court would deal in
its written opinion with the ques
tion of who would write a new
redistricting plan.
“I can’t say ... I don’t think
that issue was in the case,” Cal
vert said.
Associate Justice Price Daniel
did not attend the hearing or
take part in the decision because
his son, Price Daniel Jr., is a
House member. Young Daniel
also is a candidate against Mut
scher for Speaker of the 1973
Legislature.
Former Klan official, five others
charged in Pontiac bombings
“That’s odd!
Fern 42!”
It says “Aggies 28, Wichita 3, and Hurricane
Saving new
of
economic
prexy
group
Dr. Thomas R. Saving, A&M
economics professor, is the new
president of the Western Eco
nomic Association.
Saving took office at the asso
ciation’s annual meeting in Van
couver, British Columbia.
Founded in 1934, the Western
Economic Association presents
annual programs of national in
terest and includes participation
by leading e c o n oa»X*4. s from
serves as a member of the edi
torial board.
Dr. Saving, who joined the
A&M faculty in 1968, was recip
ient of a Ford Foundation Re
search Fellowship "in 1970-71.
The A&M professor is the
author of numerous articles on
monetary policy and theory and
co-authored two books, “Money,
Wealth and Economic Theory”
and “The Foundation of Money
throughout the country. It also
publishes the “Western Economic
Journal,” for which Dr. Saving
and Banking.” He is currently
writing a text on macroeconomic
theory.
Bulletin Board
Tonight
Society of Iranian Students
will meet at 7:30 in the Social
room of the Memorial Student
Center.
Monday
Camera Committee will hold its
organizational meeting in rooms
2-ABC of the MSC at 7:30.
Wildlife Science Wives will
have a Patio Party at 7:30 at
1206 Broadmoor, Bryan.
Tuesday
Electrical Engineering Wives
Club will hold a tea at the home
of Mrs. William B. Jones Jr., 2612
Melba Circle in Bryan at 7:30.
Wings and Sabres will meet in
room 210 of the Military Sciences
building at 7:30.
Geology Club meets in room
105 of the Geology building at
7:30.
A.I.Ch.E. meets in room 228
of the Chemistry building at 7:30.
Iota Lamboa Sigma will hold a
business meeting at 7:30 in room
9 of the Mechanical Engineering
Shop.
Army Cadet Wives Club will
have a get-acquainted tea at the
home of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Teddy
Ritchey, 3810 Spring Hollow at
7:30.
By STEPHEN H. WILDSTROM
Associated Press Writer
DETROIT <A>) — The Federal
Bureau of Investigation arrested
six Michigan men Thursday, in
cluding the former grand dragon
of the Michigan Ku Klux Klan,
on charges of conspiring to dyna
mite school buses in Pontiac,
Mich.
The Aug. 30 bombing destroyed
10 school buses and damaged
others on the Pontiac Public
Schools bus lot. The buses were
to be used in a court-ordered
school desegregation plan which
went into effect Tuesday.
Among those arrested was
Robert E. Miles, 46, of Howell,
Mich., who recently announced
he had stepped down as grand
dragon of the Michigan Realm
of the United Klans of America,
Inc.
A complaint filed by the FBI
charges the six with conspiring
to bomb the buses, to obstruct
the court ordered-busing and to
violate the civil rights of black
students.
Neil Walsh, special agent in
charge of the Detroit FBI office,
refused to say wether the use
of an undercover agent or inform
er contributed to the investiga
tion. He did say the government
did not have advance information \
which could have prevented the
destruction of the buses.
The complaint charges that the
six first discussed action against
the desegregation plan at a July
4 meeting of the United Klans
of Michigan at Lake Odessa,
Mich., and planned details of the
bombing at subsequent meetings.
It also said the men met
Wednesday “and discussed addi
tional acts of violence and de
struction against the school-
owned buses.”
Welsh said several of the men
were armed with hand guns when
arrested.
The six offered no resistance,
Welsh added.
All six men are to be arraigned
Friday before U.S. Magistrate
Paul Komives in Detroit. Welsh
said all the men were in custody,
but declined to say where they
are being held.
All are charged with conspir
acy, which carries a maximum
sentence of five years in prison
and a $16,000 fine. None, how
ever, was charged with the actual
bombing.
Pontiac Police Chief William
Hanger expressed confidence that
the arrests would help calm the
volatile racial situation in Pon
tiac.
Welsh refused to say whether
any of the men charged other
than Miles were directly connect
ed with the Klan.
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