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Two Speqkers Predicf Coliforniq Will Be U.5. Populofion Leoder

Within eight years the flou' of population to California will make this state the most populous of the 48, Elmer S. Nelson, vice-president, Long Beach Aeromotive, fnc., told 300 members of the Los Angeles Bar Association at a Biltmore hotel luncheon recently. He said Southern California's 11 counties rvill benefit most from the coming population shifts and urged young attorneys to locate along the Ramona freervay and its extension, rvhere he said the biggest expansion will take place in the next five years; he also urged them to investigate the possibilities near Oxnard. Nelson added that the Los Angele-. metropolitan area, Miami, Fla., and Houston, Tex., rvill be tl-re three districts to benefit most from the population changes.

Carl M. Frisen, research technician for population studies of the California State Department of Finance, told the 36th annual convention of the Pacific Division of the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science. in Lo:; Angeles recently that by July 1955 California's population may exceed 17,000,000 to make it the largest state in the nation. If not by 1965, he said, the Golden state u'ill certainly attain the distinction by 1970. In addition to population shifts, he cited the current mortality rates and life expectancies in his calculations. As to migration, the expert said 1,500,000 new residents have entered California since 1950.