Speech #1050025074

We need to clear that up. I think this Is an appropriate way to proceed. but I want to emphasize to the administration. and I want to emphasize to the Census Bureau. that those of us who will be dealing with this thing directly are going to be looking to them to convince us and convince the Sonato and convince the American peoplo that they will conduct this thing in a fair and objective way. A lot of people are concerned that this administration. which has shown in times past the willingness and the ability to use the authority of the administration for political purposes--witness the Immigration and NaturalIzation Service before the election last timethat an administration that Is willing to do that would be willing to tamper %ith this process. It is a matter that is somewhat new to us in this body for this particular purposethat Is. one of apportionmeniand It is not going to be something we will readily latch on to. I am not saying it is the wrong thing to do. but I am saying the burden is on the administration. the burden Is on the Census Bureau. not only that this Is scientifically acceptable. which I think a lot of people think It Is. but. second. that we are not going to have to be worrying about some people in a bureaucracy somewhere who are going to be having their fingers on the scales of justice. as has happened In other instances.