Evening star., 1947-08-31


siness and industry-which furnish
and analyzation by the Government
accidents, foreign labor conditions
and labor economic studies, and oc-;
eupational outlook. There will be a
delay of some weeks on current
strike statistics.
More than 100000 business and
industrial concerns send in reports
to BIS.
The Census Bureau is enlisting the
aid of chambers of commerce and
trade associations to get business
and industrial firms to send in re-
ports promptly and fully in an effort
to offset the lack of Census men in
the field, A. Ross Ecker, assistant
director, said. The field organiza-
ton is being reduced from 121 full
time Offices to 60 full-time and six
part time offices.
Some Reports Dropped
While the Census Bureau is re-
ceiving $11,24O,O0o this year COM
pared with $11 ,248, ,589 last year, the
joker is that Congress included $4,-
900, 900 in the total this year for a
new must survey-a census of man
ufacturers.
Census has abandoned plans to
expand the number of large cities
for which it publishes retail trade
statistics and has been forced to re-
duce its existing program. Local
reports will be continued in several
cities where chambers of commerce
can provide assistance in obtaining
an adequate number of returns.
Service trade area reports by Cen
sus for the following trades will be
discontinued: Automobile repair
shops, barber shops, cleaning, press
ing, alteration and repair shops;
Photographic studios and shoe re-
pair shops.
In the wholesale trade area the
Census Bureau has eliminated the
quarterly report on lumber yards
and has limited the monthly canned
foods reporting surveys to wholesale
stocks of IA principal food items,
In the Census Agriculture Di-
vision, cotton ginning reports hence
forth will be collected by mail in
stead of by special agents as in pre-
vious years. This will probably make
it impossible to include all gins in
the reports, which, by act of Con-
gress, must be released on the
eighth day after the end of the re-
porting period. # '
Other Cutbacks
The Census Bureau also has elm
mated surveys of labor force, popu-
lation and housing in cities and
metropolitan areas. Last year 81
such surveys were made. The sur
vey of consumer income will be dis
continued and supplementary in
quiries on such subjects as part
time employment, migration, work
availability and education will be
drastically reduced.
In the field Of industry, Census
will discontinue reports on concrete
products, porcelain enamel products
and home and farm freezers: will
reduce the frequency of reports on
women's and misses outerwear
womens and children's underwear
knit outerwear products and gloves
and mittens, and reduce the cover
age of surveys on cast iron products
wheel castings, steel forgings, non
ferrous castings, construction ma
chinery, floor milling, textiles, paper
production, structural clay products
metal products, machinery and
equipment.
The Census national estimates OF
State and local government employ
ment and payrolls will come out an
nually instead of quarterly, indi-
vidual State financial bulletins will
be eliminated, county finance re-
ports will not present State-by- State
totals as heretofore. and the number
of individual counties reported will
be substantially reduced from 1000
A single report on major city finances
will replace the 81 individual city
bulletins. Election statistics will be
suspended.
The Census reports on export ano
import air shipments showing COM
modify and destination has been
discontinued, but machine tabula.
tions will be available.
Farm Data Reduced
Because of the reduction In
trained personnel the quality Of
work on farm income statistics AND
other farm economic Investigations
will suffer and needed improve
ments will be postponed by the Bu-
reau of Agricultural Economics" o
c. Stine, acting chief, said. "A few
statistical series in the farm eco
nomic field will be discontinued ano
the scope of some others will be
narrowed"
The funds for the agricultural
bureaus economic investigations
were cut some 20 per cent. The
money for dop and livestock esti-
mates was not changed, but in
creases In costs of salaries, dupli-
eating and other items may cause
the dropping of some of the less
essential estimates.
The Bureau Of Agricultural Eco
nomics surveys on changes in land
value, farm tenure and ownership,
major uses and ownership of rural
land; changes in farm labor re-
quirements, costs and returns by
major types and sizes of farms and
distribution of farm income will
either be greatly reduced in scope,
curtailed or eliminated, Mr.. Slime
said.
The Bureau of Mines will no long