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Show CENSUS BILL 'SEP"; New Measure Drawn Practically Pract-ically lo Meet Views of Roosevelt Washington.. Aoril S. A bill to provide pro-vide for the enumeration of the thirteenth thir-teenth and subsequent censuses, was today reported to the. senate by Mr. LaFollette, chairman of the committee on census, who stated that he would ask the seuate to consider it tomorrow. In the homse the bill was drawn practically to meet the views of Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt, who vetoed the census bill as passed in the last session of because it failed to meet his views regarding examination of applicants "for positions in the census work. As reported to the senate the bill is regarded re-garded as more strictly enforcing the merit system. The director of the census may specially appoint temporary tempor-ary employes, but his power to appoint experts who have served in formor censuses is limited to those who operate oper-ate mechanical appliances. Confirmation by the senate Is re-quired re-quired In the appointments by the president of 330 supervisors, the house bill not requiring such confirmations. The bill reduces the salarleH of (he chief officers of . the census from Hie director down, the reductions hoin generally $fino each. The subsistence, allowance for special agents is reduced from $1 to $3 dally. In the census taking, persons unemployed unem-ployed are Tequired to Ftate ihe number num-ber of months of such unemployment during the previous calendar year and whether employed at the date of enumeration. enu-meration. The appointment of administrative officers is placed directly under the director of the census without super-lsory super-lsory power on the pnrt of the secretary secre-tary of commerce and labor as provided In the house bill. |