Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-12
WILL NAME LUCKY ONES SOON
DIRECTOR DURAND TAKES SU-
PERvISoR LIST TO TAFT.
Head of the Census Starts for Sum.
mer Capital at Beverly
Today.

In short time E. Dana Durand. United
States census director, will be able. he
expects. to announce President Taft's ap-
prevail of Secretary Nagel and Director
Durands selection of large majority of
the $50 supervisors for the thirteenth de-
cennia United States census, to be taken
April 10, 1910.
Acting Secretary McHarg of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor and Di-
rector Durand left today for the summer
capital at Beverly. Mass. for the purpose
of presenting the papers in the cases for
consideration by the President, and Di-
rector Durand will make an effort to OBJ
tain Mr. Taft's consent to an immediate
announcement from the census Office of
the names of the successful candidates.
The number or names cannot be fore
casted with reasonable accuracy at this
time.
Director Durand stated before leaving
today that the public will soon be in
possession of the information. He is in
clined to feel proud of the big corps or
capable supervisors to he nominated by
the President. He believes it would not
be possible under similar conditions to
assemble a more competent, reputable
and experienced body of supervisors.
Many of them have received the indorse-
ment of business organizations and OF
heir communities.
He is confident that the selections
which he will be permitted to announce
will make it evident that the chief con-
sheraton was the ability of the super
visors to select and handle their force
of enumerators and collect the statistical
da.a required by law in the most ex-
peditious and accurate manner. They are,
he said. representative of the intelligent
and responsible men in the principal
h-,cip ,cric nrnfeSSipn9l
lines. He is sure they can be relied
upon to rise equal to their census duties,
and with genuine patriotic sentiment full
fill the requirements of their places to
the very last letter.
The act of Congress enabling the taking
of the 1910 census did not become a law
until July , last the date of its approval
1t is necessary for the successful prep
aration for the enumeration, which takes
place next April that the supervisors
enter on their work fully six months
ahead of the census date. making Octo-
Der - next the general time limit. Pro-
vision is made in the law. In case any
supervisor has not been appointed and
qualified ninety days preceding April 10.
for the appointment by the director of
a temporary supervisor or the detail of
a census employee to act as supervisor
The director anticipates that October u
will see al! his field chiefs in harness
and hard at work.
Following the appointment of the super
visors the census director will take up
with them the question of the enumera-
tors whom the law permits the supervisors
to commission after obtaining the con-
sent of the census director For fully six
months before the enumeration begins the
supervisors themselves will be instructed
by the census bureau in all the complex
ties and difficulties involved in the re-
sponsibilities of their positions, and in the
meantime comes the selection of enumera-
tors and then the necessary schooling of
this army of census takers will be the
care of the supervisors and the census
bureau Jointly. To select, organize and
is one of the greatest and hardest tasks
encountered in the problem of federal
government.