Briefly Noted

The Congressional Quarterly, for which Thomas N. Schroth '43 is Executive Editor, has published a background report entitled "Representation and Apportionment," Washington, D. C.: Congressional Quarterly Service, September 1966, 94 pp., $2.50. Among the many areas in this interesting report are "The Politics of Reapportionment" and "Congressional Reaction," "Studies of Redistricting and Reapportionment in the States," population changes, new evidences of gerrymandering, the role of computers, and a number of surveys on current activity in these areas. This publication is a valuable source of information for political scientists and others interested in problems and progress in representative government.