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Show BOLSHEVIKI TO TAKE CENSUS OF RUSSIANS MOSCOW. August 24 (Soviet Offi- ' Blal Wireless ) Wireless Instructions "to all political sections" have gone forth from the Bolshevik central com-' mittee here that an all-ltusslati census Is to be taken, which, It Is explained, "is essential with a view to dlscov-: cilng the weak places In the soviet so- j Clal fabric and to relieving each other's Want and disorganization " I "As in private property." the circu-, lai adds, "so in tho property of the whole state, each individual part depends de-pends on the other pans." "Latterly," the decree proceeds, 'the town populations have moved In large numbers the country. Regarding Regard-ing the workers, tradesmen and spe-BlallstSi spe-BlallstSi we tlo not know how many Ihere are. nor where they are. It Is rFsentlul to discover and reckon up; Lhlfl working force When this It done, ihere will be a possibility of correctly! itstributlng them. ' It is further explained thut a census; f children Is necessary In order to, know how many schools, kindergartens J ind creches should be opened. The! illiterate must be registered in order lo know where there are many, and o send teachers there Old, crippled Hid Otherwise ihsabli l pe ople must in registered so ;.d lo know how they may; tie assisted, and hew to provide fori them. I .xxr.cuiturai returns must no maue so as to know the number of people, working on the land: whether they are provided for. what they are cultivating and when- there are waste and uncultivated uncul-tivated lands. It will then be clear where help must be sent, what i ds and machinery must be ordered f rom I abroad, how much cattle Is necessary, etc , and the same applies to factories.) mines, and all Industrial plants, The ( point is to discover the weak spots, and how they may be healed, says the circular. Of) r- |