Show census bureau jumping emping gun 1 running tests P prior nor to 1950 Tabu tabulation tabulate lati on washington although t the he big 1950 census start until next april the federal bureau of the census waiting tor for the kirkoff kickoff whistle to get going every month census bureau enumerators visit about households in the united states they ask questions about the tha marital status and employment ot of members of these households the employment census on which the bureau bases its estimate of the tha number of job holders and job hunters is now ra ore important that the population count employment I 1 information ifor matlon is valuable to the government and to private industry as an indicator of business conditions some householders resent the questioning as prying into private affairs A few others are scared by it in these days of agitation over communists and charges of disloyalty disloyally census officials say people have nothing to fear from the interviewers the information is strictly confidential names of individuals are not sent to washington headquarters the information Is used only tor for compiling P the number of employed and unemployed and other statistics not even n the FBI or internal revenue enu e collectors can obtain census information tor for investigation or tax collecting purposes federal law prohibits its use except in statistics some people refuse to operate cooperate co with enumerators or interviewers however relatively few persist in refusing after the interviewers have shown identification cards with their photographs and have explained why the information is being collected care Is taken to put the questions in simple words and in terms which are well known in the community where the interviewed person lives the interviewers interview era take short i training courie courses i y |