Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-25
FIRST CENSUS DATA
ARE Due IN APRIL
Steuart MobiIizeS Forces for
Task, Stressing Need of
Educating People.

The first census population totals will
be ready to announce about the third
wreA IN April, according to William NJ
Steuart, director of the census.
Mr.. Steuart and his corps Of assist
ants are busy co-ordinating census op-
erat!ons so the mass of facts may be
quickly and accurately tabulated to re-
veal the changes 10 years have brought
to the American people.
OF the 474 lieutenen ts Mr.. Steuart
needs to help nim marshal human
br ladies' for the counting he has ap-
pointed 462. For the 100000 counters
needed 10000 already have volunteered,
seeking appointment as enumerators by
taking written examinations by mail.
While these assistants prepare to 60
into the highways and byways Of city,
hamlet and country site, the director
is preparing a place for about 1000
harvest and feed it as grist to ma
chimes that will turn out the almost
finished product.
United States Is Mapped.
Grown gray in the business of taking
the census, Director Steuart has en-
ployed the benefits of his years en-
perience in mapping the country into
geographical districts and setting up
organization. Wiry, with eyes brightly
alert, going ahead with his work while
telling about it, he turned from answer
ing questions to give directions to his
assistants and to sign instructions.
Close to his present headquarters Is
another Government building, which
will be given over to the census making.
It will be q place In which the process
of relating the facts of birth and
death. earning a living and other
aspects of national life will be accom-
plished. Tabulating machines, work
ing with the superhuman accuracy OF
automatic operation. will I'LL great
rooms in the structure.
The results of the census are to be
embodied in a permanent record, the
first volume of which Director Stuart
expects to be ready by next Fall. This
is the first time results OF population
enumeration counting are to be an
nounced Immediately after they are
obtained.
Education" Is Hardest.
Viewing the stupendous task Of or
ganiZation as mere bagatelle. TO be
handled in the orderly fashion he has
learned from experience, Director
Stuart thinks that the greatest diff
Guilty before every one concerned with
the census is one of education.
1.-THE hardest job we have" he said,
ais to make the people realize that the
census can only be as complete as they
make It: to convince them that what
they want to know about themselves
must come from themselves" He re-
ferred to difficulties of obtaining infer
nation of more or less personal char
acter-all of which is received iTIBtTict-
est confidence by the enumeratcf, and
loses its personal application at once
Expecting the counting to- require
from two to four weeks in each city
district and about month in rural di-
visions, the director predicted reception
in Washington of all schedules by July
or August. Then will begin the process
Of compiling and interpreting that will
produce wellspring of information for
industrialistS to base their business
plans upon, for economists and other
scientists to make deductions from and
for private citizens to study.