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Show Hiram Johnson Seeks Census Probo executive session. Senator Francis T. Mkmey D, Conn.) warned that the controversy may have political repercussions and urged the committee to approach the Tobey resolution "carefully." - Edward J. Noble, undersecretary of commerce, waa requested to file a brief before the committee substantiating sub-stantiating his contention that, un- der present statutes, the census bureau has Vmple authority te combine questions of Income with , an unemployment and population census. The third day of hearing had been ordered after Tobey declared he was daily receiving hundred! of letters from all over the country coun-try to support his stand. WASHINGTON. March 1 (INS) Investigation of the entire 1940 census program was demanded today to-day by Senator Hiram Johnson (R, CaU. Johnson Is a member of the commerce com-merce subcommittee considering resolution which would put the senate on record against questions pertaining to the private affairs of citizens. Assailing the personal Income questions as violation of the bill of rights, Johnson declared some of the 81 questions In the questionnaire question-naire are "utterly inappropriate," and that: "We ought to look at the whole set of questions and not merely confine our study to those pertaining pertain-ing only to personal Income." Also backing the resolution of Senator Charles W. Tobey R, N. H.I, Senator Warren K. Austin (R., Vt.) declared that questions of income are not germane to a census of unemployment or population. popu-lation. Senator Joslah W. Bailey D., N. C.I, chairman of the commerce committee, said Johnson's proposal would require much additional time, and pointed out that If any definite action on the question is to be taken It Is necessary to hurry In view of the census schedule. Bailey declared that the whole controversy boiled down to whether wheth-er congress gave the cenaua bureau bu-reau authority to ask the questions ques-tions pertaining to salary or outside out-side Income In the lower Income brackets. "If the census bureau does not have the legal power, It may prove very unfortunate to be asking Illegal questions," he said. Senator James Davis (R, Pa.), meanwhile, appeared before the committee In support of the Tobey resolution. Before the committee recessed until Monday, when It will hear final witnesses and then go Into |