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Tuesday, Nor. 10. 19S9 MAIL TRIBUNE, MedW, Or. 3 Do-It-Yourself Technique To Be Practiced by Census Bureau Editor' note: This is th first or two dispatches on the 19 (HI census telling the questions you'll be asked and how you'll be asked them and describing the method in which your answers will be tabulated.) Br LOUIS CASSELS "Washington -(TO- The Cen sus Bureau is going to ask you for a little help when it sets out next April 1 to count everybody in the country. It will be the first time the do-it-yourself technique has been applied to the nation wide population count which the Constitution requires ev ery 10 years. Here' how it will work: During the latter part of March, the Census Bureau will mail blank forms to ev ery household in the nation. You will be asked to assem ble on these forms the ' an swer to seven questions about every person in your house hold (including live-in serv ants, boarders, etc.), and four questions about the dwelling in which you live. Information The information sought about each person will ,.be: name, address, sex, color or race, month and year of birth, marital status and re lationship to the head of the household. The data asked on the dwelling will be: kind of unit (house, apartment, trailer, etc.), whether the occupants own or rent it, the number of rooms and the cooking facilities. On April 1, about 160,000 census enumerators will, set . out to visit every one of the 60,000,000 dwellings in the cbuntry. They will collect the forms which you are suppos ed to have filled out in ad vance, and transcribe the in formation onto their reports. If you haven't done-it-your- self, the census-taker will sigh in weary disappoint ment, draw out his pencil and proceed to extract the necessary information in the old fashioned way, by inter viewing you. To Lst Questionnaire . At every fourth household, the census-takers will leave an additional questionnaire. If it falls your lot to receive one of these forms, you'll have to answer 18 additional questions about members of - your household. Some of these questions deal with occupation the number of years of schooling each person has had and the kind of school attended (pub lic or private).' You'll also have to fill in the place of birth of each member of the household; how long it's been since the family moved from one resi dence to another; the "moth er tongue" of any member who was born outside the United States; the number of times adult members have been married; the number of children borne by adult women in the household; and military service history. Other Questions '. There'll also be several ad ditional questions about the dwelling its plumbing fa cilities; average monthly cost of utilities and heating; when it was built; number of radios, television sets, wash ing machines, freezers, dry ers, air conditioners and auto mobiles owned, and so forth You'll have three days to fill out this questionnaire and mail it into the local census office. The" enumera tor will provide you with an addressed, postage-free en velope for the mailing. If necessary, the enumera tor will check back, by tele phone or in person, to clear up any questions you failed to answer properly. And what if you don't feel like answering all those quesetion? Well, the census taker may have to -quote to you the Federal law which says that any person who willfully refuses to answer official census questions is subject to a maximium fine of $100 or 60 days in jail -or both. No one has ever been pros ecuted under this law, which has been, on the books sincf the first U.S. census was tak en in 1790. But It's there in case any citizen should 'de cide to get hard-nosed. Little Trouble Expected The Census Bureau doesn't look for much trouble of that kind, however. It has tested public reaction to the i new do-it-yourself forms m two "dry- runs" one in West j Virginia and the other- in i North Carolina. In both cases, a . bureau spokesman said, "we got excellent cooperation from the public." "Most people had the "in formation ready when the , enumerator called, and usu- j ally it was adequate," he said. The bureau believes that asking the public to help will simplify and speed up the vast counting job and will also produce more accurate data. It has found that Ameri- i cans tend to be considerably more precise about such mat ters as age and income when filling out blanks on an offi cial form than they are in answering oral questions from a visitor. (Next: -Ancient task ultra- i modern gadgets.) The Family Council Editor's Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, psychiatrist,, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual case history. The Council reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. Grace G. - Mother should live with us. Mrs. M. V. - My problem isn't living alone - it's lack of companionship. Grace G. My sisters and brothers and I are all con cerned about our mother, a widow in her late 60s. After having brought five children into the world,! educated us and given us a good start in life, she insists upon living alone even though she admits she is very lonely and unhap py. We are all married and would be glad to have Moth er with us. She is in good health and no trouble to any one. We wouldn't mind her living alone if she were a lit tle younger, but it is "really a shame for her to be alone at her age. The trouble with Mother is that she's just plain stubborn. She made up her mind never to live with her married chil dren and she won't change it under any circumstances. . - .'. .'V .Mrs. MlV. .- 'I haver very good thoughtful children and I'm thankful for that. At least I know that I won't ever be unwanted if I'm no longer able to take care of myself, but until that time comes I want to be on my own. I may be stubborn but I decided on that a long time ago. My problem isn't living alone. I don't mind that. It's that time hangs so heavy on my hands. I worked until a year ago when it got to be just too much for me. Now I would like to take short trips or go for an afternoon's out ing and I have no companion. I belong to our church group and the Golden Age Club, but because I'm not for ward I seem to be lost in the crowd in these organiza tions. .The Council:' Mrs. . M.V. seems to have sound ideas and valid reasons for wanting to' live as she does. Her chil dren shouldn't pressure her. Their offer of a home will not solve her main problem. Mrs. M.V.'s problem is a very familiar one. Countless widows and widowers re quest newspapers and mag azines to put them in touch with companions. Interesting ly enough, these requests sometimes come from the same small community, yet the two lonely individuals have been unable to find one another. They dream of being put in touch with some total stranger about whom they know nothing. There is no doubt that ev ery community is full of lone ly people. Many remain lonely even after they join a club because like Mrs. M.V. making advances, even to a person . of their own sex. Some are also very set in their standards and habits and rule- out certain individu als who may be desirable companions for very superfi cial reasons. We can only suggest that Mrs. M.V. open her eyes and her mind. She belongs to two good organizations. There must be at least one person in those organizations with whom she could feel compan ionable. She shouldn't . make snap judgments on the basis of the way a woman dresses or on a chance remark. She should make the effort to really know some of the in dividuals in the group. Then she should not let pride or shyness stand in the way of her making the advances for further friendship. She shouldn't let a rejection get her down either. Trial and error will eventually bring her to the choice of the right companions. (Copyright 1959, General Features Corp.) MONEY MOVING WEST New York-fllPD-Not only are U.S. industrial markets shift ing to the West and South west but the richer consumer markets are also on the move westward. A new study of per capita retail sales by the U.S. Bureau of Census shows the purse-strings are loosest I in the western part of the j country. j Sugar contains no vitamins ; or minerals, but it is a good 1 energy food. 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