Evening star., 1940-04-01
Census Takers Start
Rounds Tomorrow
As Battle Continues
Debate Over Income
Questions Goes on
Up to Zero Hour
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
More than 10000 census his
torians' will set out tomorrow morn
ing to write new chapter in a
chronicle of the United States
which already fills 10000 volumes.
The story they gather from 1872
100000 Americans will fill 100000
pages with population facts, 2,20O,-
600 pages with housing statistics,
and millions more with inventories
of 1000 600 farms. The figures will
bring 150year- old story up to
date.
The census was delayed a day to
avoid the practical jokes of ALL
Fools Day, but officials said the
enumerators were prepared to meet
ordinary front-door difficulties.
The census takers got ast-minute
instructions today from Secretary
Hopkins, whose Commerce Depart
ment conducts the Nation wide
question-and-answer quiz.
Urged to Be Polite.
you will meet people who have
been misinformed, who are con-
fused" Mr.. Hopkins said. Give
them the facts. Be polite and pa
tlent. - Remember always that
in three generations the census
rarely has been forced to use any
stronger authority than a sincere
and straightforward appeal to the
citizen ="
The public debate over income
and earnings questions, considered
the centus-taker's hardest selling
job, continued up to the zero hour. n
Against Secretary Hopkins view
that the census was mot an inquisi-
ton" but "a cooperative enterprise
of a free people," Senator Toosy
Republican. of New Hampshire
broadcast Z final criticism of the
personal and searching nature OF
many Of these census questions
Senator Tobey contended that the
questions violate the. individuals s
right OF privacy. With "the harsh
and arbitrary methods used to force
this information from citizens he
said, 1t is "a menace to the decent
living men and women of this tree
country"
Debating the issue with Senator
Tobey on the American Forum of
the Air, Senator Pepper, Democrat
of Florida suggested the attacks on
the census are political.
Surely" Senator Pepper con-
tinued, there is room for party diff
ferences in this country. Surely it
Is characteristic of America for us
to disagree upon matters of policy
and opinion. but surely there is a
common ground of Amerlcanism-
a ground upon which all of us stand
together as Americans-and surely
factual knowledge about our coun-
try, about the condition of the men
and women who do the work of the
world. surely the kind of homes in
which the families of America are
housed. the hearthstone around
which the children of America are
nurtured and protected, surely this
is American ground and not q
realm Tor partisan STRIFE"
Leaders Urge Cooperation.
The Census Bureau announced to-
day however, that Francis P. Muir
ply, Governor of New Hampshire
and, like Tobey, a Republican, had
telegraphed his Endorsement of an
appeal for cooperation in the census
issued bV II leaders in n,lhlic life
The group, which included Presi-
dent William Green of the American
Federation of Labor; Mayor Fiorella
La Guardia of New York, Gov
George D. Aiken of Vermont and
business and professional men and
women, declared in a statement:
"A complete, accurate census for
1910 is vital. =" This is not q
partisan matter, but one of deep
concern to American men and wom-
en- of all parties"