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Demos Plan Court Test- Senate Passes GOP-Backed Remap Plan T)ES MOINES A Re- publican-fnvorcfi plan fo reduce the size of (lie Iowa Legislature went back to Ihe House Tuesday and Democratic leaders said they will lest it in court. The bill putting the plan into effect passed the Senate 40-20 after A hours and 15 Antitrust Suit Filed Against Giant I.T.T. WASHINGTON (AP) Nixon administration trust-busters have made their second move in two weeks to short circuit the trend toward conglomerate mergers by filing suit against the giant International Telephone and Telegraph Co, ITT was challenged Monday In Chicago's U.S. District Court on acquisition three days earlier of Canteen a national food and vending company with 1967 revenue of $322 million. The Justice Department complaint charged the acquisition might trigger other mergers, a tendency government antitrust chief.

Richard W. McLaren says he means to stop. ITT, the country's 12th largest business, thus joined Ling-Temco-Vaught the 14th largest, as a defendant in separate government lawsuits to slow the rate of economic concentration. Justice filed suit two weeks ago to stop LTV's purchase of Jones Laughlin Steel Corp. In addition to further entering economic power in a company whose 1967 sales were $3.6 billion, the government suit charged, the ITT-Canteen merger would strengthen ITT's power to favor its customers with purchases, a practice called reciprocity.

In New York, a spokesman for ITT denied that allegation: "Under each of the companies' own policies of long standing, neither company has in fact engaged in reciprocity. We are confident, therefore, that the courts will rule that this suit is baseless in fact and law." More than a year ago, on Jan. 1, 1968, ITT canceled plans to merge with American Broadcasting Co. because of long delays caused by Justice Department claims that; ITT international interests might influence ABC news operations. The new suit said ITT has 109,000 employes in its plants while Canteen is one of the top companies providing dining services in industrial plants, suggesting the two could increase the benefits if Canteen supplied vending and food services to ITT factories.

ITT acquisitions in 1968 alone included Continental Baking the nation's largest; Sheraton one of the two largest hotel chains; Levitt Sons a major housebuilding fivm; Avis No. 2 in car rentals; and Rayonier, a leading producer of chemical cellulose. of debate Monday. changes to the plan approved earlier by the House must concurred in before the meas- sure goes to Gov. Robert D.

Ray. "Anybody who wants to take it to court can raise the money in one day." said Democratic Slate hairman Clark Rasmussen of West; Des Moines. Rasmussen said the party organization will encourage a suit challenging constitutionality of the plan if it becomes law. Using a plan prepared by a 14-member, bipartisan citizens' commission, the House made changes which affect 33 of Icwa's 99 counties. The Senate returned to the commission's plan in Polk and Woodbury counties, but approved major changes in eastern Iowa.

Democrats contend the changes from the commission plan were inspired by Republican visions of political gain. Sen. Andrew Frommelt. D- Dubuque, complained the plan finally approved Monday would result in "the rape of the two- party system." "Those of us who believe in one-man, one-vote should wear black armbands tomorrow," commented Sen. William Denman, D-Des Moines.

Democrats walked out during Republican Senate leader David M. Stanley's arguments for the bill. 'I'm amazed at how fair we've been," the Muscatine lawyer said. "I've caught heat from some of my own people because we've been so fair. I think maybe we've been too generous." Republicans carry a 45-16 edge in the Senate and an 85-39 predonderance in the House.

Final passage came after the Senate rejected 36-24 a Democratic move to scrap all changes in the original commission plan. Denman and Sen. Gene Glenn, D-Ottumwa, contended the altered plan doesn't stand a change of meeting recent interpretations of the U.S. Supreme Court's "one-man, one-vote" reapportionment ruling. Disparity in population between senate and house election districts throughout the state is greater than that held to be constitutional by federal courts in a Missouri decision, Denman said.

10 Herald, Carroll, la. TueJday, April 29, 1969 had been under no obligation to follow exactly the plan prepared, by the commission. "The commission plan is still the basis for our reapporlion-) ment," he said. Reapportionment was re-, quired by a constitutional amendment approved overwhelmingly by voters last fall. The amendment called for reducing the legislature from its present t85 members to no more than 150 100 in the House and 50 in the Senate.

The plan becomes effective during the 1970 elections for awmakers who will take their seats in the 1971 session. Senate changes return Polk and Woodbury counties to the district outlines in the commission version. Under the commission plan. Polk County woul lave five Senate districts. The House had cut Polk County down to four Senate districts and lumped Sens.

Lee Gaudineer and William Reichardt. Des Moines Democrats, in a single district. In Woodbury County, the plan approved by the House was changed to correct a disparity population between its two Senate districts senators felt was too great. The major reshuffling was in eastern Iowa, where the Senate rearranged districts to place Sen. Clifton Lamborn, R-Maquoketa, in a district without incumbent opposition.

The House version had Lamborn in a district with Frommelt and Republican Sen. John Walsh, both of Dubuque. Klink was moved into the district with Frommelt; arid Walsh, Parker and Potter werew moved into a single and Sen. Floyd Gilley, R-Maynard, was given a (listrid without incumbent opjxisition. In an exchange both approved, Sens.

Harold Thordsen and Ed-! ward Nicholson, both Davenport Republicans, traded some outlying townships in Scott County. The result for senators is that 22 of them will be running for 11j seats in 1970. In addition, 19 others whose terms expire will be up for re-election. Those incumbents parted in the same district are Lucas DeKos- ter, R-Hull, and J. Henry Lucken, R-LeMars: Walter Hammer, R-Estherville, and Wayne Keith, R-Algona; Clarke and Herbert Ollenburg.

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"We. cannot justify the changes from the commission plan. They were purely political, designed to perpetuate the majority (Republican) party in office." Sen. Elmer Lange, R-Sac City, chairman of the Senate Constitutional Amendments and Reapportionment Committee, said the commission plan had been "full of errors." Stanley said the legislature IVIake TRA OFIT on rted acres Plant DeKalb Sudax Brand as a cover crop. Then turn your livestock in for lush winter grazing.

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