New Britain herald., 1929-03-02
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 NATIONAL CENSUS
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 State Divided Into Five Districts for Enumeration E
By GEORGE II. MANNING


 By GEORGE II. MANNING (Washington Correspondent. N. E. Heraldl
 Washington, D. C., March 2- Every home in the city of New Brit. ain will be visited by one of tho 34 enumerators assigned to gather figures for the 1880 census there. according to tentative plans now be- ing formulated by William Steuarr, director of the census.
 In the organization now being built up by the bureau of the cen- sus New Britain is included in tho district comprising the county of Hartford, with headquarters in Hart. ford. This district headed by su. pervisor, who in turn commands . clerical force of 100, is one of five into which the state has been divid- ed. The others have headquarters in New Haven. Waterbury, Bridge- port and Wilimantic.
 No Date Set
 There is an uncertainty as to tho date of commencing the gigantic task brought on by the provisions of two bills now awaiting congress sional action. One in the house would set May 1, 1930, as the day the work should be started, while a similar measure in the senate names November l, of this year. In the event all legislation on the subject fails, the director will order the work of collecting the figures start. ed on January l. next, under law already in existence.
 Throughout the United States and possessions, the vast army of 100.- GOO enumerators will be apportioned as nearly as possible, one to every :, 1000 of population in the cities and one to every 1500 in the rural dis |triCts.
 Director Steuart made it clear. however, that the plans being drawn are in a way temporary and are subject to change to meet situations that may arise before the work of taking the census is started. selection of Supervisors In former census years the super- yisors were selected upon the rec- I ommendation Of congressman with the result that the figures collected were usually ridiculed as being po!i- tically tainted and colored. Pend- l ing the success or failure of an amendment to the census bill now in the senate which would place the supervisors under civil service rcgll- lation the director of the census has adopted tentative plan of making appointments on the rccommenda- 1 ton of civic organizations. The enumerators will be selected by the supervisors and their appointments approved by the director of the cen sus.
 1 Strange enough is the fact that women are more desired for the house-to- house canvass than men. This is explained by census experts by the statement that women, by na- ture, are fond of engaging the heads of other households in conversation and at the same time they make no complaint about the remunera- l ltion-four cents a name. They will earn on an average from s6 to SS daily.
 William Steuart. the census direc- tor, has started early to make the in the history of the work, free from error and politics, since the reap portionmcnt of the house of repre- sentatives will probably be based on the final figures.
 As an added feature of the new sus the enumerators in rural districts will collect farm statistics as well as their usual census data.
 Month Allowed for Work
 At any rate the first morning of the census gathering will find the army of enumerators at work in every hamlet under the Stars and Stripes, and one month later the 546 supervisors in charge of the worK are expected 10 have record of every living human in the United States and its possessions. In the gathering of the 1920 census, but 372 supervisors were used in the work.
 Two weeks has been allowed for the task in the cities and one month in the rural sections because of the greater difficulty in the can yass there.
 It is the plan Of Mr. Stcuart to make every supervisor responsible for the trustworthiness, diligence, , and ability of every enumerator inc l hires. and by way of insuring as ac. : curatc d count as possible he will
 have every supervisor publish the } figures gathered with the invitation = 10 citizens and civic organization, 9 to report any and all inaccuracies. i Hotels To Re Can>assed l In order to insure the listing ol e every inhabitant of the state O y Connecticut the director has als. n provided for the appointment of spe
 cial cnumerators to take the censu! r in hotels and apartment houses. Il V has always been the cry of dissent
 CTS that hotels and apartment housei . stand in the way Of an accurat' n census, and Steuart hopes his plai g will remedy whatever fault exists. Q Eliminating the enumeratOr n whose work lasts but two weeks. o S a month at the most, over 10.09.
 temporary employees will be takel h on by the Bureau of the Census fo s the compilation Of the data, 10 p a collected. Approximately 7,500 o II this number will be used as clerk h in the bureau here while the re d mainder will work in the field. l. las special agents, interpreters. sl ,, pervisors and the like. At the pres