Show washington snapshots by james preston curiosity killed tile the cat but goy eminent apparently thrives on oil it inquisitive tendency Is a fa nillar matter to farmers ond and businessmen who 1010 spoilt spent a substantial part of their time answering questions but uila tills year tile the public Is going to become coir I 1 selous of these matters too for ill the census takei will soon bo be ring lug log doorbell doorbells door bells bels again tin the IDIO 1040 census wili bu be tile the most lost comprehensive over over undertaken by any ally goat government it is going to seek it a lot of 0 answers that it they are seli sensibly sIbly I 1 inter a t a r can call be very helpful on tile ihu other I 1 hand among the DO 60 alles mlles questions file alic Anier american leall houseN vire will idill answer tills thia time thao thuoc albere will bo be found sume home to td which pretty good answers already exist on oil a small then the average citizen Is about to experience euce a phenomenon wint that tho the man who la is trying to sw a business keep lip dp production and employment and earn cam it small profit runs into just awat every day of the working week ili in tile the past five years duplication of the th 0 questions asked by government and agen agencies clea has proved it a corp oro point to many a company that Us Is trying to get its work done the file curio curiosity sity of government lias has meant that employer employ emp loyes eg have had to b be e delegated gated to the work of answering questionnaires it lias has meant that the orderly process of work have bao bad to bo be slowed up while checkups vii oil it have been made and it lias has meant that business inest leep keep records that jiao no lio earthly cail lily use since they lime aels fled tho curiosity curlo sity of the particular government agency or lit in question of course there is a valuable Talu able and necessary hine function tion to be per by in III finding out answers td pertinent questions about about agriculture and about various other sections of the american economy but the 0 b s ta r T e r observing ami abid anil and frequently just plain chulos alln iod lant cant help asking one chort question un OR his 1118 own low much of all tills this curiosity is and how much rt presents nothing more than a 11 lo 10 of asking questions something of the same wonder ponder anent may have existed lit in the mind of president law sevelt last year when hen lie declared d that he a was concerned amr the large number of statistical reports fedral rede fede I 1 ral ag elle ILI 3 a are r t r enquiring equi ring from business s and industry and ordered an 1111 investigation of couise o the tha inears more qua questions S tiel but uila tillie the results were ore worth orth it here are ard some of tile facts that came to light individuals and business concerns on au ili the united states made about reports ie ports and returns t to 0 seat rent out by administrative a it ve I 1 agencies a genet es ot of the federal government faw about abou t 21 million lion returns of all kinds were filed for farms making king an average of approximately three returns for each farm lu in the countey A total of 0 o returns were fil filed d by industrial commercial and financial fini I 1 enterprises it 1 yearly average pt of about 20 for each enter eater prise and the average industrial questionnaire con contained tabled about 63 05 t those figures are only for the federal government if state city and local demands on oil the time of aie the individual trying to earu earn a living were included the totals joeal would run enuch higher A all 11 in fit all the figures lend weight to recent criticisms criticism of gov erni neut curiosity uttered eyed not by bi bu business or janners farmers but by I 1 m members of congress not so loll 1011 long igo one SL senator mator remarked concerning it a aiila qi ila about to bo be projected e a 1 I am ain against tills this program I 1 41 thought that every possible method 0 of hampering industry had used already is milking making mak ing reports of many kinds to alio and I 1 dont sou see hup how arill lie be any time for ciji causing ying on oil bil siness if monthly revolts reports on oil laven are to be made in addition to the other reports roi rei I 1 I 1 0 r ts required this 14 a forceful illustration y inny we are prevented from 1 having recovery coury le des despite pito conditions long it was au ex pros blon front a member of the alouse lie ila added can recover if it is required to take such a ion long time answering questionnaires f for or people wha lio dont know what to do with the information when they get it so 0 perhaps thu the time Is arriving when even avell ponie groups in government ure are getting tired of tile the dani dam age and delay that can call result when agencies agen clea and aike the characters in alice alfee in wonderland constantly get curt cut I 1 auser and cur louser |