Census Bill, 1919: Hearing Before the Committee on the Census, United States Senate, Sixty-fifth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 11984, a Bill to Provide for the Fourteenth and Subsequent Decennial Censuses, September 10 and 11, 1918 |
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... experience here in Washington that very frequently men who have been with the depart- ments I have no experience with your department - and finally feel , because of their ability , that they could do better in private activi- ties ...
... experience here in Washington that very frequently men who have been with the depart- ments I have no experience with your department - and finally feel , because of their ability , that they could do better in private activi- ties ...
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... experience of the Census Bureau is that of every other bureau of the Government . They all seem to be pitted against each other , and every one of them suffers as a result of the competition thus afforded . And that is not confined ...
... experience of the Census Bureau is that of every other bureau of the Government . They all seem to be pitted against each other , and every one of them suffers as a result of the competition thus afforded . And that is not confined ...
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... experience of two censuses show disaster , and that was omitted in the law of 10 years ago , but it is now restored . That , I say , is wrong . Thus even the census clerks , who by the law of 1909 were in the competitive service ...
... experience of two censuses show disaster , and that was omitted in the law of 10 years ago , but it is now restored . That , I say , is wrong . Thus even the census clerks , who by the law of 1909 were in the competitive service ...
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... experience that I have had in this matter . By section 7 the director may appoint , for not exceeding six months ' duration , persons having previous experience in operating mechanical appliances whose records in operating such ...
... experience that I have had in this matter . By section 7 the director may appoint , for not exceeding six months ' duration , persons having previous experience in operating mechanical appliances whose records in operating such ...
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... experience to be entirely valueless . The result is , if these provisions are retained , that the entire census force is consigned to the system of patronage and political spoils , except 15 statistical experts and 4 stenographers . The ...
... experience to be entirely valueless . The result is , if these provisions are retained , that the entire census force is consigned to the system of patronage and political spoils , except 15 statistical experts and 4 stenographers . The ...
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acts amendatory thereof actually domiciled Agriculture amendment annum appointed or employed authority BRARY Census Bureau Census Committee certification CHAIRMAN Civil Service Commission Civil Service Reform civil-service law classified service CONGRESS THE LIBRARY decennial census period Director disbursing clerk District of Columbia draft duties eligible registers employees examinations of applicants existing law experience farm FOULKE Government service industries inquiries January law of apportionment legal residence LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS manufactures Marys County McILHENNY ment meration months Morris Sheppard National Civil Service necessary order of rating passed patronage persons political population present production Provided further recommended reference Republican Requesting residence or domicile ROGERS salary schedules selected Senator ASHURST Senator KING Senator SUTHERLAND Senator TOWNSEND Service Reform League special agents spoils system statement statistics subdivision supervisors take the census taken Territory Thirteenth Census act tion United
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Page 7 - It shall be the duty of each enumerator to visit personally each dwelling house in his subdivision, and each family therein, and each individual living out of a family in any place of abode, and by inquiry made of the head of...
Page 60 - The special agents thus appointed shall have like authority with the enumerators in respect to the subjects committed to them under this Act, and shall receive compensation at rates to be fixed by the Director of the Census...
Page 10 - And it shall be the duty of every owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, or agent of a hotel, apartment house, boarding or lodging house, tenement, or other building, when requested by the Director of the Census, or by any supervisor, enumerator, special agent, or other employee of the Census Office, acting under the instructions of the said Director, to furnish...
Page 4 - An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military establishment of the United States", approved May 18, 1917, or any.
Page 6 - The schedules relating to agriculture shall include name, color, flex, and country of birth of occupant of each farm, tenure, acreage of farm, acreage of woodland, value of farm and improvements, and the encumbrance thereon, 'value of farm implements, number of live stock on farms, ranges, and elsewhere, and the acreage of crops and the quantities of crops and other farm products for the year ending December thirty-first next preceding the enumeration. Inquiries...
Page 5 - SEC. 8. That the Thirteenth Census shall be restricted to inquiries relating to population, to agriculture, to manufactures, and to mines and quarries. The schedules relating to population shall include for each inhabitant the name, relationship to head of family, color, sex, age, conjugal condition, place of birth, place of birth of parents, number of years in the United States, citizenship, occupation, whether or not employer or employee...
Page 9 - That any person that shall knowingly make a false affidavit for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by...
Page 10 - Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding...
Page 10 - Whoever, being the owner, official, agent, person in charge, or assistant to the person in charge, of any company, business, institution, establishment, religious body, or organization of any nature whatsoever...
Page 10 - That it shall be the duty of all persons over eighteen years of age when requested by the Director of the Census, or by any supervisor, enumerator, or special agent, or other employee of the Census Office, acting under the Instructions of the said director, to answer correctly, to the best of their knowledge, all questions on the census schedules applying to themselves and to the...