The San Francisco call., 1910-05-14
CENSUS GOES ON
FOR Commuters
Supervisor Burke, Advised by
Director Durand, Buries
the Hatchet

OAKLAND, May 13.-It is now up to
the loyal boosters of Oakland to aid
the government census and to make
good their claim for large population,
as result of the orders from Wash
1ngton that the supplemental office lists
De kept open until June 1, and that
every name reported by the chamber
or commerce or any civic organization
be investigated by special agents whom
the supervisor is authorized to employ
Secretary A. A. Denison of the cham
Der or commerce states that all in the
power of that body will be done, while
PRESIDENT Mackay announces that un-
less the official enumeration shows
over 100000 sit is probable that a de-
mand will be made for a recount.
AS Mackay states, and as other
sources of information Indicate, it is
not probable that the returns will show
more than between 10000 and 160 000
On the basis of names found unenu-
merated in the supplemental canvass of
the chamber of commerce forces for
number of districts, it has not been
asserted that more than an approximate
5000 names might be added by a thor
ough canvass.
WIRE TO MAYOR
The following telegram was received
I N.
congressman Joseph r. Knowland, to
whom the mayor had wired, urging in
structions to Burke that the census
lists be kept open:
Upon receipt of your telegram CEN
sus matter l wired Burke to avoid all
friction and work in harmony with
you and commercial bodies. He just
wires me differences have been ad-
justed."
Supervisor of Census James NJ. Burke
issued today the following statement
of his course:
Under the discretion given me by
the director of census to either close
my list or to keep it open and employ
special agents to run down and emu
merate all persons who claim not to
nave been enumerated, shall keep the
lists open and continue the employment
of special agents for this purpose, if
necessary, until June 1.
Il request the cooperation of all
civic bodies and of all persons inter-
ested in securing a thorough census of
Oakland in this work.
L wish it to be understood that l do
not believe any considerable number of
people have been missed in the census
enumeration of Oakland, but there are
always cases of absent families, lodg-
ers and other persons whom it is diff
cult to secure during the regular can
vass, and the supplementary work will
help us to secure some of these
FIGURES ARE SHY
President Mackay of the Oakland
chamber of commerce states:
I'VE fear that the returns will give
Oakland a population of 10000 or 160,-
900, though we all believe that very
conservative estimate of the population
would make it between 200, 900 and
100000
There is no desire to criticise or
censure Burke, who is in charge of the
enumeration work in Oakland, but we
believe that he was not given proper
help by the federal government and
that as consequence the work has not
been well done.
The chamber of commerce calls upon
all business houses and factories and
hotels in Oakland to aid by inquiring
of their employees or guests whether
they have been enumerated, and the
organization will again take up the
distribution of it's own census blanks,
with the insertion of a note that these
are to be used as notification to Burke,
which he will later verify.