Show Census Bureau Jumping Gun GunRunning GunRunning Running Tests Prior To 1950 Tabulation WASHINGTON Although t the h e ebig ebig big 1950 census doesn't start until next April the federal bureau of the census Isn't waiting for the kickoff whistle to get going Every month census bureau enumerators enumerators enumerators en en- visit about households households households house house- holds in the United States They ask questions about the marital status and employment of ot members members mem mem- bers of these households The employment census on which the bureau bases its estimate of the number of job holders and job hunters is now rated more Important important important tant that the population count Employment Employment Employment Em Em- information 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 ot agitation over Communists and charges of 01 dis dis- dis- dis loyalty Census officials say people have nothing to fear from the interview interview- ers The information Is strictly con con- Names of individuals are not sent to Washington headquarters The Information Is used only for compiling compiling compiling com com- piling the number of ot employed and unemployed and other statistics Not even the FBI or internal revenue revenue revenue rev rev- can obtain census information for Investigation or tax collecting purposes Federal la law w prohibits its use except in sta statistics Some people refuse to operate co-operate te with enumerators or interviewers However relatively few rew persist in refusing after the i interviewers have shown Identification cards with their photo photographs and have explained why the information is being collected Care is taken to put the questions in simple words and in terms which arc are well known In the community where the interviewed person lives The interviewers take short train train- m iniz ina courses |