Evening star., 1933-12-11
$5,415, 120 Approved for Men
and Women in "White
Collar" Class.
1,577 WORKERS WILL GET
POSITIONS IN WASHINGTON
Plans Are Result of Recommends.
tlons of N. r. A. and Com
merce Department. a.

approximately 28,577 men and women
OF the white collar" class will be en-
ployed in five special census pro :ects
assured today with approval of an
allotment Of s5415,1 12O by the Civil
Works Administration to two bureaus of
the Department of Commerce.
OF this number 1877 will be employed
in Washington and $1,000 will be placed
in field service. Except for a few tech
nical experts to act as supervisors, the
personnel will be selected by the United
States Employment Service.
To Embrace Statistical Studies.
The Bureau Of the Census and the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce will supervise the five projects.
which will embrace statistical studies
considered valuable for the guidance of
both business and government and the
preservation and completion of records
already in the hands of the Census
Bureau.
The projects, approved by Harry L.
Hopkins, civil works administrator, are
the result of recommendations of the
Division of Economic Research and
Planning Of the National Recovery Ad-
ministration and the Commerce Depart
ment. They were recommended by Sec
retary Roper and his bureau chiefs.
The five census projects include:
l. A census of business to show what
has happened during the depression
from 1929 to 1888 This work will en-
ploy $4,000.
2. An inventory Of real estate in
urban centers. This will employ
10,877 persons.
8. An analysis of the real estate
taxation problem, employing 1909
persons
4. Tabulation of an index Of Ameri-
can business concerns for use of Fed
eral Government departments and
agencies. Fifty will be employed in
this task.
5. Completion of analysis of 1880
census of population, preserve old
records and prepare for future census
work. This task will employ BAL, all
but 210 of whom will be in Washing
ton.
Under plans of the two Commerce
Department branches, the census of
business is to be taken in conjunction
with the regular biennial census of
manufactures. 1t will compare with
the 1880 census of distribution, showing
what has happened to business since
1929
1T will serve as basis for planning
and adjustments by individual business
houses" the Commerce Department
announced. Because of the inclusion
for the first time of many service
trades, such as amusements, it will
make it possible to ascertain where
the consumers dollar is spent.
1T will also for the first time dis
close essential facts regarding relative
employment in service trades and in
dustries which provide jobs for about
one-hfth OF all persons gainfully en-
ployed In this country"
The real property inventory will sur
vey basic facts showing extent of use,
extent of vacancy, extent of over
crowding, financial phases and other
facts which, it is believed will assist
the tagging capital goods industries, of
which construction is considered of
greatest Importance
The purpose of the analysis of the
real estate taxation problem will be to
obtain information primarily useful to
state and local authorities. 1t will re-
quire detailed studies on 301 cities Of
more than 10000 population.
The index OF business concerns is to
eliminate duplication and lost motion
in Federal agencies which now compile
business statistical information. The
plan proposes to consolidate all records
now kept by separate departments into
one master or key list which will be
complete and fully representative. The
single tabulation will be made avail
able to all Government departments
The fifth project will be to complete
work already begun when the 1880
census was taken, but which is in
complete because funds for the purpose
Of analysis are exhausted. The census
OF population was compiled at a cost of
Sl3 100000 and much of the unfinished
work is in wide demand, either for COM
parative purposes or because the time
element Is not vital to their usefulness.
Other Proposals.
1t is also proposed to make photo
static reproductions of population
schedules of 1900, 1910 and 1920. ana
to sort, arrange. classify and index the
1890 population schedules Other rec
ords Will be preserved and maps Of
political subdivisions will be broughs
up to date An outline of Enumeration
districts for the 1910 census also will
be prepared.
The work is proposed to get unde,
way just as soon as the peronnel car
be assembled and organized under uuaI.
lf1ed leaders and will be completed witt.
the end of the c. w. A. program late
in February.
Most of the compilations necessary
Will be directed by the Census Bureau
and most of the business statistics
gathered will be analyzed by the Bu-
reau OF Foreign and Domestic Com
merce