A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE FOURTEENTH AND SUBSE-
QUENT DECENNIAL CENSUSES

SEPTEMBER 10 AND 11, 1918

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Cens us

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1918

12

CONTENTS.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1918.

Page.

Statement of Hon. Sam. L. Rogers___

Necessity for taking complete decennial census.

Requests for up-to-date information__.

Chief clerk, duties and salary of____

Chiefs of division, duties and salaries of

Disbursing clerk, duties and salary of--.

Duplication of statistics___

Fourteenth Census act as passed by the House..

Fourteenth Census, necessity for new act to provide for

Geographer, duties and salary of.

Outside work of Census Bureau_

Salaries, comparison of, past and proposed__

General discussion of....

Necessity for increase of, statement by Secretary of Commerce_.

Section 3, discussion of the first proviso of, concerning deferred classifica-

tion of employees-

Proposed amendment to..

Section 5, discussion of duties of officials and statisticians.

Statement of William Dudley Foulke__.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1918.

Statement of Hon. Sam. L. Rogers, resumed__

Clerks and other employees, statement of Mr. Rogers concerning appoint-

ment of---

Date of introduction of Fourteenth Census bill, criticism of, statement

concerning

Date of taking census, discussion of

Personnel of committee recommending change of date.

Statement of Mr. George M. Rommel concerning_.

Statement of Secretary Houston concerning__

Discussion of statement of Mr. Foulke_.

Enumerators, compensation of

Method of appointment of..

Section 6 (graduated salary scale for clerks), proposed amendment of___
Section 7 (examination and appointment of employees), statement con-
cerning proposed amendment of..

57, 63

Section 8 (scope of Fourteenth Census), proposed amendment of...

Section 16, proposed amendment of proviso with reference to residence of

supervisors and enumerators_----.

66

Section 20, discussion of change of size limit of cities in the enumeration
districts__

Section 27, statement concerning allowance in lieu of subsistence-
Special agents, method of appointment of..

72

73

59

III

56

55

67

69

70

63

66