7. S. Congress. House. COMMITTEE ON

POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 10952

A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 13, UNITED STATES CODE, TO
LIMIT THE CATEGORIES OF QUESTIONS REQUIRED TO
BE ANSWERED UNDER PENALTY OF LAW IN THE DECEN-
NIAL CENSUSES OF POPULATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND
HOUSING, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

OCTOBER 24, 1967

Serial No. 90-39

Printed for the use of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

95-144

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1968

COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
THADDEUS J. DULSKI, New York, Chairman

DAVID N. HENDERSON, North Carolina,

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1967

Testimony of—

CONTENTS

Betts, Hon. Jackson E., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Ohio, accompanied by G. Russell Pipe, legislative assistant.......

Gallagher, Hon. Cornelius E., a Representative in Congress from the

State of New Jersey --

Additional material-

H.R. 10952, subject of hearing..

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Report on H.R. 10952 from the Department of Commerce, dated

August 1, 1967.

Report on H.R. 10952 from the Bureau of the Budget, dated Octo-

ber 17, 1967, with enclosures__

Report on H.R. 10952 from the Department of Justice, dated August

31, 1967-

Statements and letters submitted by-

Aiken, John H., executive director, Federal Statistics Users' Con-

ference, letter dated November 3, 1967, with enclosed prepared

statement_

Olsen, Hon. Arnold, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Montana, letter dated June 19, 1968, with attached copy of speech
delivered before the House June 18, 1968, with attached list of
questions planned for inclusion in the 1970 census..
Eckler, Ross A., Director, Bureau of the Census, statement with
attached list of items which have been included in each of the
decennial censuses_.

Betts, Hon. Jackson E., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Ohio; excerpts from the Congressional Record of speeches and

letters relating to the census.

COMMUNICATIONS FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS STATE AND LOCAL

GOVERNMENTS

Cheek, Will T., research economist, Staff Division for Industrial Develop-
ment, Tennessee Executive Department, letter dated January 26, 1968-
Clark, Dean K., assistant director, City-County Planning Commission,
Rockford-Winnebago County, Ill., letter dated February 14, 1968--
Colyar, A. B., M.D., commissioner of health, Oklahoma State Depart-
ment of Health, Oklahoma City, Okla., letter dated June 10, 1968--
Cox, Lindsay W., planning director, Guilford County, Greensboro, N.C.,
letter dated April 23, 1968---

Dixon, P. K., chairman, Commissioners of Roads and Revenue, Clayton
County, Jonesboro, Ga., letter dated February 15, 1968.
Downing, Hon. Thomas N., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Virginia, letter dated July 10, 1968.

Ewing, Oscar R., chairman, the Research Triangle Regional Planning

Commission, Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, N.Č., letter dated

April 10, 1968-

Franzen, Irvin G., director, division of vital statistics, Kansas State
Department of Health, letter dated February 12, 1968-

Graves, Gene, director, State of Illinois Department of Business and Eco-
nomic Development, letter dated February 14, 1968---
Heissenbuttel, Henry, commissioner of planning, Dutchess County
Planning Board, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., letter dated February 5, 1968...
Johnson, Walter K., executive director, Delaware Valley Regional Plan-
ning Commission, letter dated December 18, 1967-

Johnston, Allan, director of planning, City of Greensboro, N.C., Depart-
ment of Planning, April 18, 1968.

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