The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-23
CITING READY TO
TAKE THE CENSUS
r.u f. Made for Applicants Who
Wish 10 Have Hand Ia
This Blg job.
REQUIRES ALMOST A YEAR
T,cIc sam IL Going 10 Itc Particular
Who lie Gets 10 work
For Him.

WASHINGTON, March c2.-Thc
a., rro,lding for the fourteenth and
,.lscguent dcccnnial censuses was
..-r,I by the president on March J.
aE,. rrumcratiou, which, Will be made
', January. 1920. Is now less than
rnrthA distant, and the census
A.-..u already has under cUnsidera-
,., tno selection and appointment OF
,.t fo exceed 400 supervisors VINO
ntn have charge OF the 10000 cnum-
c-,fura The supervisory districts
all I'm most cases except In the
Wrre cities, have the same bound
ars- AS the congressional districts,
Tre Supervisors, under the law, are
,o ,c appointrd by the secretary Of
,ammrrcc5upon the accommodation
~ me director of the census.
The nuow.ng instructions have
hrsH given the secretary " com
r-,rgr fp the director OF the census
In regard 10 the procedure TO be-
followed IN making selections and
appo.ntmonts ot census supervisors.
Test Examinations.
CONFORMING 10 the assurance
ryrn the president in my letter to
bm on MarCh3, you viii please be
gpldei hv the following instructions
respecting appointments To the post
Of superylsOr In connection with the
sNng Of the fourteenth census OF
the United States.
"a test examination or which
record will be kept, IL to be required
Tor appointment 10 the post OF su-
pe-vIsors In addition TO this Il
careful personal inquiry Is 10 be sep
aratc,y made respecting the qualifi-
cations oy each candidate. or this
Inquiry, also. record Will he kept
IN making appointments from
those who shah have passed the
test examination and the separate
Inquiry rs to qualifications. prefer
snCr Is 10 he given To those candi-
Aaics who have had executive. ad-
mnistratvc statistical or account
ing experience and TO those who
have had charge OF bodies OF men
a. administrators. provided In all
cases that men with the experience
stated possess the other Qualifica-
tons necessary.
You will arrange 10 give notice
10 the above effect 10 every candi-
date applying for appointment and
10 his sponsors, and no candidates
are to be selected for appointment
who do not pass both the test ex-
animation and the personal inquiry
selections To he Careful.
you are requested TO ask the civil
service commission to prepare tho
b'anns Tor the test examination or 10
cooperate with you In the prcpara-
ton of them. You will welcome the
assistance OF the Civil service com
mission In this and In any other re-
spect In which they can be helpful TO
YOU
81, Is my earnest desire. as know
u * your own, that this census shall
be an example In Its quality, as well
a. IN IFS promptness. | need hardly
say that neither result can be had
unless the supervisors are selected
with special care TO their individual
fines, FOR their task. ! am depend
ing on YOU AZ the responsible officer
IN Immediate charge OF the work to
see hat every prccautiou Is taken TO
achieve this result In particular.
the appearance as well as the fact
Of political patronage are to he
avoided and fitness for the work TO
he done will be the controlling fac ,
tor In The appointments"
y Whole Years Work.
tn" director or the census has q
-eddy taken steps to. carry out the
distractions OF the secretary
The Supervisors duties will occupy
iholr time for the greater part Of a .
year beginning about July !. 1919 .
Their compensation will be $1,000. |
p.us 81 for zach thousand or major .
traction Of a thousand Of population !
enumerated The total Compensa- +.
hon in an average sized district. out /
side a large ,city, Wil therefore bc /.