Show WHITE cWHITE COLLAR C W A JOB JO SAVES I CENSUS RECORDS FOR POSTERITY I 1 W WASHINGTON Ma March ch 29 29 R- R P PLights Lights burning all night in the basement baseS base ment of the commerce building mark the spot where wh re a rush job is is being g done on one one on of the more amazing C W A the the of projects pages pages' of old census records It had to be done If the 1800 1600 1810 and 1820 records were to be saved for posterity What with more more th than n 20 20 r record coid searchers a year seeking out census volumes the old oldest st and most sought were getting very bat bat- Were the only government government- In the world that has a c complete census since it was organized was the clinching argument of ot William L 1 Austin Austin Aus Aus- tin census director in successfully urging the preservation as a C W A white collar project of ot the white collar clan clan mez men and women women are are at it now And taking a tremendous Interest in it loo too Painstakingly with sat safety ty razor blades they prick k out nt out the threads Ui that t bind the yellowed sheets shee t together geth er s ape oft off the glue Then down downto to the the n mill they go The job includes the 39 volumes of at the 1800 census s 60 volumes of ot the 1810 1610 census and volumes volumes' of the 1820 census The first census of all alt 1790 already aready is available 8 to the history hunting public as u a publishing volume I |