Irving, Donald J., president, Illinois chapter of the American Institute of Lewis, James H., manager, Research Department, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, Calif., letter dated June 5, 1968, with enclosed Lund, Dr. Leonard, director of government relations, New York Chamber of Commerce, New York, N. Y., letter dated November 2, 1967---- Mattison, Berwyn F., M.D., executive director, the American Public Mudgett, Margaret, executive director, Los Angeles Neighborhood Youth Nielsen, Linda, research assistant, Freemont Chamber of Commerce, letter dated January 29, 1968- Nolte, Lt. Col. Paul H., executive director, the Volunteers of America of Roberts, William G., section director, American Institute of Planners, Columbia, S.C., letter dated June 5, 1968. Taylor, Orval A., divisional commander, the Salvation Army, southern Tompkins, Karl O., president, Kansas Public Health Association, Topeka, Tongue, Dr. William W., vice president, Chicago Association of Commerce Waite, Harlan R., executive director, All Nations Foundation, Los Angeles, Calif., letter dated June 13, 1968. Wilson, Jess C., president, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Com- COMMUNICATIONS FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES Banovetz, James M., director, Center for Research in Urban Development, Loyola University, Chicago, Ill., letter dated March 22, 1968- Bergner, Lawrence, M.D., assistant professor of epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, New York, N. Y., letter dated February 26, 1968- Bradburn, Norman M., director, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago, Chicago Ill., letter dated September 19, 1967- Duncan, Otis Dudley, director, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., letter dated October 3, 1967, with enclo- Elveback, Lila, Ph. D., professor of biostatistics, Mayo Graduate School 1968 Gelman, Anna C., assistant professor, Columbia University School of Grayston, Thomas J., M.D., professor and chairman, University of Wash- Heyman, Mark, associate professor of regional planning, Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, Pa., letter dated February 1, 1968- Hofferbert, Richard I., assistant professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, Page 110 112 118 109 119 120 115 114 107 108 107 124 128 124 Lowenstein, Regina, research associate in administrative medicine, Co- lumbia University School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, Page New York, N. Y., letter dated January 4, 1968. Lowry, Paul R., director, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Nam, Charles B., chairman, Committee on Population Statistics, the Schuman, Leonard M., M.D., professor, University of Minnesota, Minnea- polis, Minn., letter dated May 3, 1968 Stinson, Malcolm B., dean, University of Southern California School of Social Work, Los Angeles, Calif., letter dated July 2, 1968. Susser, Mervyn W., professor, Division of Epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, New York, N. Y., letter dated March 4, 1968----- 126 123 Gershenson, Maurice I., of Eden & Gershenson Economic and Statistical Consultants, Berkeley, Calif., letter dated October 16, 1967-- Gillen Ralph L., of McKinsey & Co., Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, letter dated Jamison, Conrad C., vice president and economist, Security First National 143 Koponen, Arthur, director of market research, Colgate-Palmolive Co., 144 McCann, Wilbur, economic consultant, Los Angeles, Calif., letter dated 142 McFarland, Lanning, Jr., publisher, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Chicago, Ill., letter dated January 23, 1968- Madhok, W. R., manager of commercial research and forecasting, Pacific May, Eleanor G., chairman, Government Statistics Committee, National Retail Merchants Association, New York, N. Y., letter dated June 27, Moran, William T., vice president, Young & Rubicam, Inc., letter dated December 5, 1967, with an enclosed letter dated August 22, 1967... Nielsen, A. C., Jr., president, A. C. Nielsen Co., Chicago, Ill., letter dated Peirce, James E., business economist, Continental Casualty Co., Chicago, 140 Rosenzweig, Patricia P., director of research, Real Estate Data Co., of 140 Rudolph, Jack M., manager, market research, Pulp and Paper Division, Kimberly-Clark Corp., Neenah, Wis., letter dated January 11, 1968... Scherer, Robert G., vice president, First Western Bank & Trust Co., 142 147 Ulvestad, Larry, of the State Mutual Savings & Loan Association, Los 143 GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS Betts, Jackson E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio, Colean, Miles L., Washington, D.C., letter dated December 28, 1967--- Page 148 152 149 152 LIMIT CATEGORIES OF QUESTIONS IN DECENNIAL CENSUSES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1967 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON CENSUS AND STATISTICS OF THE The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:14 a.m., in room 346, Cannon House Office Building, Hon. William J. Green (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. GREEN. The hearing will come to order. Our hearing this morning is on a bill submitted by Congressman Betts, H.R. 10952. (H.R. 10952 follows:) [H.R. 10952, 90th Cong., first sess.] 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 decennial censuses of population, unemployment, and housing, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 13, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately after section 141 thereof the following new section: "§ 141A. Limitation on categories of information required under penalty of law in certain censuses "(a) In the conduct of any census under section 141 of this title, information required to be furnished under penalty of the provisions of section 221 of this title shall include only matter within the following categories: (5) race or color; "(6) marital status; and 66 (7) visitors in home at the time of census. "(b) Refusal or neglect to furnish information not within the categories listed in subsection (a) of this section in connection with any census conducted under section 141 of this title shall not be an offense under section 221 (a) of this title; but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Secretary from requesting any such information in connection with such census on a voluntary basis.". (b) The table of contents of subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 13, United States Code, is amended by inserting "141A. Limitation on categories of information required under penalty of law in certain censuses." immediately below "141. Population, unemployment, and housing.". SEC. 2. Section 221 (a) of title 13, United States Code, is amended by striking out "(a) Whoever" and inserting in lieu thereof "(a) Subject to section 141A of this title, whoever". (1) |