Note from Hebert to Guinier; Treen Says Remap Plan Will Meet Court Approval News Clipping

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- By JACK WARDLAW 
Capital bareas 
BATON ROUGE — The Legislature 

Thursday sent Gov. David C. Treen & 
congressional redistricting plan that 
the governor believes will meet the 
approval of the US. Justice Depart- 
ment and the federal courts. 

Both houses voted to ratify a confer- 
ence commitiee compromise reappor- 
tioning Louisiana’s eight congressional 
districts. 

But in a last-ditch effort to get the 
Legislature to scuttle the plan, nearly 
every black lawmaker took the floor to 
denounce the proposal and vow to fight 

Jit in the courts. 
“This is patently unconstitutional,” 

said Sen. Henry E. Braden 1V, D-New 
Orleans, arguing that the Legislature 
should have created a black- “majority 
district in New Orleans. 

“It means that some federal judge 
will be drawing the plan,” said Rep. 3 
Charles Jones, D-Monroe. 

  

Treen said at a news conference that yi 
be couldn't disagree more. 

“I feel very confident that the plan 
will meet Justice Depargment and fed- 

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think it ls attackable on ractal 
at all.” 

Treen said he has had “informal 
communications” with the Justice 

on the matter but refused ' 
lo answer questions about those con- 
tacts. 

The situation as the Legislature con- 
vened for the session's final day Thurs- , 
day morning was that the conference 
comumiltee report, approved by a 4-2 
vole late Wednesday night, was up for 
approval by both houses. Had either 
house rejected it, either a new confer- 
ence committee would have had to 
Convene or congressional redistricting 

‘for its principal backer, Sen. Samuel B. 

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before voting 85-17 Ww approve it. + ¥ 
* ‘Hlack’ lawmskers took’ turns den. 
ouncing the plan and predicted its 
demise jy the courts. The legislative 

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tion behind the “Nunez Plan,” name 

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created a 2nd District composed of 
most of New Orleans, with a 54 | par- 
ceat black population. That plan siso 
would have created a Jefferson-based 
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Bob Livingston of Algiers would have faced 
a 72 percent Jefferson majority. \ 

In the face of Treen's pledge to ved 
such a plan, Nunez and other proponents of 

“the plan agreed to accept the COMPromiseg, 
-and Nunez helped lead the fight for ite 
“approval at the conference committee 

Black legislators picked up some support, 
but not enough: The Orleans delegation split 
10-7 agaunst- the compromise, but the Jef- 
[erson delegation split 7-3 for it ; 

Hep. Mary Landrieu, D-New Orleans, 
said she feared it'would cause New Orleans 
to lose control of at least one of its con 
gressmen and perhaps both over the course 

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Here is how New Orleans area House 

g members voted qn final approval of the 
0 Compromise: ’ 
+. For: Hainkel, Bagert, Bruneau, Byrnes, 
r Car son, Gee and Schoutt, all of Or leans; 
Cusimano, Dastugue, D’ Gerolamo, Guidry, 
Grisbaum, Lancaster and Ullo, all of Jef- 
ferson; Pati of Plaquemines, and Scogin 

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Against: Alexander, Bajole, Charbonnet, 
Connor, Faucheux, Heaton, Jackson, John- 
son, Landrieu and Watermeier, all of 
Orleans; Alario, Doucet and Leithman of 
Jefferson; Chaisson of St. Char les; Accardo 
of St. John the Baptist; Fernandes of St. 
Bernard. 

Absent or not voting: Bopp of Bt. Ber- 
nard 

The Senate took only a few minutes to 
dispose of the matter. Nunez urged the Sen- 
ate to accept the compromise, Braden 
argued against it, and the Senate voted 25- 
10 to ratify the conference report. 

Here is how New Orleans area sena- 
(ors voted: 

For: Casey, Hickey, Windhorst and 
O'Keefe of Orleans; Lauricella, Nicholson 
and Tiemann of Jefferson; Rayburn and 
Dykes of St. Tammany, Landry of $t. John 
the Baptist; Nunez of St. Bernard. 

Against: Braden and Jefferson of 
Orleans. 

Absent or not voting: Kiefer of Orleans. 
Under the plan, Livingston's new 1st Dis- 

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The new 2nd District of Democratic Rep. 

Lindy Boggs of New Orleans Is 44.5 percent 
black and 56 percent of its residents live in 
Jefferson. The new 3rd District of Demo- 
crate Rep. WJ. Tauzin of Thibodaux would 
have 31 percent Jefferson residents. 

Treen said ngither he nor his staff part 
clpated in the negotiations drafting the 
compromise. Some participants in the 
closed-door session Tuesday night implied 
Lo newsmen that aides to Treen and Living- 
ston were being consulted. 

Livingston and Republican Rep. Henson 
Moore of Baton Rouge told the Washington 

' bureau of The Times-Pic ayune/ The States- 
Item that they and their aides played a role 
in nudging the governor on the one hand 
and the Democrats in the delegation on the 
other toward a compromise 

Treen said the first time he saw the 
compromise plan was late Tuesday and | 
that he decided early Wednesday to acc ept 
it. He then issued a statement (o that 
effect ‘ 

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