Evening star., 1933-12-12
CENSUS PROJECTS
TO Be STARTED IN
WASHINGTON FIRST
Housing and Sociological Sur
vey of D. C. Planned by
Commissioners.
NEW PLAN TO PROVIDE
JOBS FOR 1,577 HERE
Data Obtained Will Be Used in
Public Utilities Commission
! Report to Congress.

The new census projects, announced
yesterday as a new national civil works
program, will be started in Washington
ahead of any other section of the coun-
try under en- arrar cement agreed to
today by the D:5t-ict Commissioners
whereby housing survey here will be
consolidated with the new national plan.
The District Commissioners. as heads
of the District c. w. A., already had
prepared plans for a comprehensive
housing and sociological survey of the
District. and preliminary arrangements
have been made. This will be expand
ed as part of the national census pro-
gram and will enable the District to
make a flying start in a greatly ex-
panded program.
500 to Be on Staff.
The new census plan will provide en-
ploy,nent Tor 1,577 persons in Wash
ington in addition to scme 27,000 in the
field service throughout the country.
James Ring. rent research survey assist
ant to the Public Utilities Commission,
today prepared acquisitions for Alb en-
ployes for this work. This number, to-
gether with those already assigned on
the local project, will bring the Dis
trict's housing survey staff to 500.
While the national census is to be
conducted by the Department OF Com
merce, much of the data obtained here
will be used by the Public Utilities
Commission in the report it is to make
to Congress some time next month
on a study of housing and rental
conditions in Washington made al the
direction of the Senate.
District c. w. A. authorities today
took under consideration proposal for
construction of underground parking
spaces in downtown Washington for
$4,000 automobiles, as filed yesterday
by the National Board of Trade.
There will be no change in the
present system of the assignment of
unemployed persons to work on civil
works projects here, it was announced
late yesterday after q conference be-
tween Commissioner George E. Allen
and David Ruml. director of the Dis
trict Public Employment Center.
d. C. Is Cooperating.
Under this system, acquisitions are
filled by the assignment by Ruml or his
staff from eligibles on the register of
the center. At the same time, how
ever, both Allen and Ruml said the
employment center would consider rec
concentrations for the appointment OF
qualified persons on the register of the
employment bureau.
Commissioner Allen said the District
is cooperating 100 per cent" with
Ruml.
The conference was held in a move
by Allen to speed up the assignment Of
men to c. w. A. jobs, since the Dis
trict's quota of 10000 jobs under the
employment program must be filled by
Friday
Women, who are out of work, will be
given opportunities under the program,
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins an
nounced.
Under the Bureau Of Labor Statistics
Of the Department of Labor 1888 work.
ers will be employed altogether in the
States and the District. The Census
Bureau of the Department of Commerce
will employ 1884 altogether, while the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics Of
the Department of Agriculture will give
work to 1887 on four studies.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics will
expand information concerning en-
ployment and payrolls Ito measure the
effect Of the public works program and
other recovery activities directly and
indirectly on industries producing con-
struction materials and others filling
the needs of the workers re-employed
through the program" said Mr.. Hop
kins. A table showed that under this
phase of the work 81 will be employed
in the District, comprising 81 skilled
workers and four in supervisory ca
pacity. In Maryland IA will be en-
ployed, while in Virginia a dozsn will
be engaged.
Jobs for 1902 in U. S.
A second study of tax delinquency,
IN addition to that for urban communi-
ties announced yesterday at the De-
partment of Commerce, will be under
taken by the Division of Agricultural
Finance Of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics Of the Department of Agri-
culture. Ten will be engaged on this
study here, mostly clerical, while SO
will be employed in Maryland and $50
in Virginia. Altogether 11,2O2 all over
the Nation will be employed under the
c. w. A. on this assignment
| The prices of commodities that farm
| erS buy will be the subject of a study
under the division of crop and live
| stock estimates of the Bureau of Agri-
| cultural Economics of the Department.
| OF Agriculture. This will engage 3.449
| workers, dozen of them here, mostly
clerical; Is in Maryland and l03 in
| Virginia.