Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1930, Page 50

12 CENSUS ARMY OF 100000 GETS | PRIMING FOR WORK APRIL 2! 30,000,000 Homes Throughout United States to Be Visited in Quest of THE SUNDAY ency upon the Nation's women is sug- gested and seemingly acknowledged in the further observation: “She will usu- ally know whether he worked on the previous day, however.” Meaning of Family. For census purposes a family is “a group of persons living together in the same dwelling place or premises.” The persons in the group need not be re- lated to one another. A landlady with STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 23 [FIANCEE’S TRAGIC DEATH LED BALFOUR TO LIFE OF BACHELOR Only Woman That Peer Ever Loved Died Just Before Presentation of Ring, Friend Reveals. 1930—PART THREE. great difference?” he was asked. He replied: “It would have made a very great difference. Think of the sweet clutter of things about the house!” ACID FLOOD KILLS THREE 18 Others Are Injured by Sul- phuric Fumes. WARSAW, March 22 (#).—Three per- S ——— SAYS BUSY CITY AREAS SHOULD EXCLUDE “NAGS” | Judge Fines Delivery Wagon Driver | for Whipping Horse in Compet- ing With Motors, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 22.—The “giddap” | horse power for delivery service are im- peding speedy delivery in the modern manner. Our Spcciazl_ Sunday Dinner 75¢ Data for Uncle Sam. An army of more than 100,000 men and women, recruited with an eye to their intelligence and tact, is being groomed for the great event of every decade—the taking of the census. Un- der the tutelage of Willlam M. Stuart, director of the census, the army is being equipped with questions, pencils and gflpfl‘ and held in readiness for zero our—April 2--when a general advance 15 to be made on 30,000,000 homes. As is the case in many similar enter- prises, the woman in the home will bear the brunt of the attack. In many cases she will be the only person in the family | with whom the Census Bureau estab-' lishes contact. and in many instances| hers will be the responsibility for fur-| nishing information from which the| bureau will assemble all that is known about unemployment, agriculture, irri- gation, drainage, manufacturing, mining and distributiol S She becomes, therefore, in the eyes of Mr. Stuart, “the most important mem- ber of the household from the stand- point of the census.” Appreciating the importance of her co-operation, he has made known that the qualities of tact, sympathetic attitude and good appear- ance must be considered in the selec- | tion of the 574 supervisors and the average number of 175 enumerators each supervisor will be responsible for. Wide Range of Questions. To the 30.000,000 homes in the land | this army of workers will go, beginning | April 2, prepared to ask about 30 ques- | tions, ranging from color, race and age, | last birthday, father’s occupation, if any, and if not why not; value of his| home and whether the citizen has a radio set. ‘The primary object of the census, as everybody knows, is to count the popu- lation. But since 1790, when the first enumeration was made under the Con- stitution as a basis for determining representation in Congress, the census has been expanded to include other sub- jects. The importance of the work is seen by Dr. Joseph A. Hill, assistant director of the census, as extending far beyond enumeration. “We shall have not a mere counting of the people, but a full exhibit of the elements of our ional strength, a picture of our qualities and characte: istics as individuals and as a Nation, a statement of where we stand. where we came from, and, it is hoped, some indi- cation of where we are ined to go.” Director Stuart, having in mind, mnps, that many women are not in- itely acquainted with their hus- band's affairs, has said that it is desir- able that women :inform themselves as thoroughly as possible about the coming census. “Husbands who gain such formation in the course of their reading or business should ‘tell the wife about it ” He anticipates that some of the questions can be answered readily. “She knows her own age,” sald Mr. Stuart, “and, popular tradition and Jokes to the contrary, she can be relied on to give it accurately in most cases. She knows also the ages of her hus- band, children and other members of the family, and she knows the date of marriaf She knows whether the | children are attending school.” | Realizing that the wife may not be | able to answer some of the questions— | for example. what rent is paid, or, if the home is owned, its value—Mr. Stuert suggests that she “might do well to consult her husband in advance about it” The wife or husband need not| hesitate to give the information to the | census man, for the individual census returns are kept secret, even from offi- cials of other departments of the Fed- eral Government. Emphasized by President. ‘This protection to the individual is emphasized by President Hoover in the | text of a proclamation issued last No- | vember, in which the people were urged to co-operate in the taking of the census. “The sole purpose of the census is to secure general statistical information the population and resources | from individuals only to permit the compilation of such general statistics,” said the proclamation. “No person can be harmed in any way by furnishing the information required. The census has nothing to do with taxation, with| military or jury service, with the com- pulsion of school attendance, with the regulation of immigration or with the enforcement of any national, State or local law or ordinance. There need be no fear that any disclosures will be made regarding any individual person | or his affairs. For the due protection of the rights and interests of the per- sons furnishing information every em- ploye of the Census Bureau is pro- hibited under heavy penalty from dis- closing any information which may have thus come to his knowledge”. 1] The comprehension of the census is} indicated by questions which relate to relationship to head of family, with a statement as to the home-maker in each family; whether home is rented, or owned and the rental or value i age: place of birth, and of mother and f ther; mother tongue of each foreign- born; whether employer, employe or working on own account; occupation; whether actually at work, and whether a veteran of the military or naval forces. Through a schedule of guestions a census of unemployment will be taken, which, according to Director Steuart, “will be a basis for further estimates, relieving us from such wide uncertainty as compelled President Harding's con- ference on unemployment to report that the unemployed numbered from 3.500,- 000 to 5,500,000. The results of the census will furnish a picture of the unemployment situation as indicated not only by the number unemployed but by the attendant circumstances of un- employment. It will bring the answer to certain fundamental questions about which nothing definite is known at present.” Problem of Distribution. Similarly, agencies through which goods are distributed from the producer to the consumer will be asked to give information from which census officials hu(lae to make available statistics which will show the points of strength and weakness in our system of distributing goods. In the important work of learning about unemployment, persons having an occupation but not at work at the time the census is taken will be grouped into two main classes—those who have a job but are temporarily laid off on account of lack of orders, had weather, sickness, etc., and those who are able to work and want work but cannot find it. A group of questions has been se- lected and arranged for each group by an advisory committee composed of 25 leaders of representative labor organi- zations, financial institutions, industrial groups and universities. The commit- tee spent several weeks studying pro- posals of various groups before compil- ing the questions. The “day before the census is taken” has been adopted by the Census Bureau as a basis for de- termining unemployment. because in a great many instances the census taker will have to get the information from a woman member ot the family who is at home when he calls. | The day before the census enumerator | arrives has been decided upon as the basis for determining unemployment, the Census Bureau points out, for the reason that “the male members of the family may be away from home looking for a job, and in such cases the woman will not be able to say whether her hus- band or son has found a job and is work that da; The bureau’s depen: MATTRESSES RENOVATED Best Service and Prices. COLUPQJBIA BEDDING C! a hundred boarders or a prison with a thousand convicts constitutes one fam- | 7 ic Aesoviatel Frves, ily. so far as the census is concerned, LONDON., March 22.—Tragle death the latter coming in the class of insti- |Of his flancee, the only woman he ever mf\m::‘:x}ef'\.flm:‘l:u'mm e | loved, just before presentation of the igrorl poll of these fami- | ring was said by the Daily Mail yester- lies, together with - | bers fof. nformation ‘about. the mumer- | day to have motivated Lord Balfour's ous subjects with which the census is! lifelong bachelorhood, only ended Wed- concerned, is the task laid down for| nesday with his death at the age of 81. the great census army. The Cemusf The Mafl, which said its information ‘Bureau anticipates Blireau anticipates that its oblective. .me from close friend of the dead cities and towns, and within four weeks | statesman, explained that when Balfour in suburban areas. was about 27 years old he fell in love sons were killed today and 13 injured seriously as a consequence of flooding a sewage channel with sulphuric acid. The workmen engaged in cleaning the sewage system were warned by the gas company that a discharge of sulphuric acid was coming and might form dan- gerous fumes when it reached the liq- uid in the sewage mains, ‘The workmen already had started from the sewer, but the nmlnmu{.wu too late. Firemen with gas at- tempted to rescue them. elleff s A FASHION INSTITUTION Paris Washington NewYorh Four Smart Ways of Looking at the Question of ' f Spring Coats for Women o) / 1 The Cape Coat. . . beautifully adapted to women’s figures, intensely with the Hon. Miss Lyttelton, sister of the late Viscount Cobham. 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