Word: censuses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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These episodes, and millions of episodes like them, occurred last week throughout the land as 120,000 enumerators began to take the 15th U. S. Census. Though President Hoover had issued a proclamation in 23 languages calling on all good citizens to make ready for the census enumerators, though government and welfare groups had publicized the count among the foreign-born, though appeal after appeal for cooperation had been made over the radio, great sectors of the U. S. were still ignorant of the purpose of the census, suspicious of its enumerators, reluctant to answer questions. And in city...
...good example of coöperation President Hoover met J. Sterling Moran, census supervisor for the District of Columbia, on the back steps of the White House where the following scene occurred...
...Moran: "Sir, I am the Federal Census taker and have come to enumerate the occupants of this house...
President Hoover: "Very good. I have secured a family schedule which has been filled out in advance and is ready for you. Here it is"?handing Mr. Moran a folded paper?"It is well that the American people know that the census is confidential. There is no special reason for secrecy here, however. I hope you will have everywhere the assistance you deserve. The census is the great stock-taking of American progress...
...press was then given a peek at the President's census return. He called himself Herbert Hoover, omitting Clark. He said he "occupied" the White House, neither owning nor renting it. He gave his occupation as "engineer...