Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-24
TOGET NOEXTRAPAY
Census Enumerators Have No
Claim, Says Durand.
TOLD so IN BEGINNING
Advance Schedules Aid to Them and
Not q Burden.
DIRECTOR WITHIN HIS RIGHTS
justified in Prescribing Methods.
National Association of Enume-
rators" Project Considered.
TOLD so IN BEGINNING
DIRECTOR WITHIN HIS RIGHTS

Census Director Durand has received a
copy of communication, signed BY a
former census enumeration. claiming to
act as secretary of the National Asso-
citation OF Census Enumerators,' and adj
dressed TO census enumerator In Mil
waukee.
This is apparently a circular which is
being sent to city census enumerators
more or less generally. 1t requests that
the person addressed send to the So
called National Association of Census
Enumerators'' 81 to help pay for legal
counsel and otherwise meet the expenses
of prosecuting a case before the Court
OF Claims to obtain SO additional COM
pensation for each enumeration as pay
ment for the work Of distributing the adj
vance schedules of population.
Would Prosecute Claim.
The communication was, in part, as fol-
lows:
AS secretary OF the National Asso-
citation OF Census Enumerators, l have
been instructed to lay the following
before you: Believing that the distri-
button, explanation, collection and COM
parison OF the so-called Advance
Schedules was extra work, for which
Tic OueHl W bG pau q
formal demand for $40 as addition
al compensation was made by me
on May to the director of the census
On May Director Durand refused the
demand. simply stating that he con
sidered an average OF $3.50 day sum
cient pay for any enumeration.
He did not enter into the merit OF
the claim at all, and thus the founda-
ton is laid for a test case in the Court
Of Claims. In this matter all enumera-
xn-hn ha Cd eel
are interested and ought to join US in
the movement to obtain the additional
compensation Of $40 a head.
1--WE will prove that these schedules.
instead Of being of benefit to the enum-
rator. were a hindrance, causing great
delay in the work Of enumeration. some
men losing two and even three days.
You are repor.ed as one of the
enumerators who Gsed these schedules,
being directed to do so. Therefore. we
tain the additional compensation.
I'VE will first apply to the Court Of
Claims. and having established the jus
tice of our case there. will ask Con-
tions.
by sending 81 to the under
signed to help to pay for legal counsel.
clerical help. postage. ETC.. your name
will be registered as a member OF our
national organization. and as CO.
complaintiff in the action we shall
bring"
One Object of Organization.
Director Durand stated that he had not
received word from any part of the coun-
try, except Milwaukee. with reference
to the distribution OF these or similar
circulars. and. in fact. had heard practi-
cally nothing about the so-called Ma
tional Association OF Census Enumer-
ators" The director knows of no officers
of the association other than the secre-
tary. obviously, he says. IL has no rea-
son for existence except to prosecute this
So called claim.
AS far as can be ascertained, the move
ment has failed 10 obtain any appreciate
sunnort among census enumerators, be-
cai,se Mr.. Durand believes. the census
enumerators generally feel that their
work was assisted by the use OF the ad-
vance schedules of population. The
director Is confident that In most If not
All cases the advance schedules were
actually helpful TO the enumerators and
raduced the amount of time necessary
for them to secure the Information on
the final schedules.
In any event, however, he asserts, it is