European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The growth of the population since 1900 u seen in a graph against background of census Bureau in where each of As Tuu a the counts its far Flung noses on april some enumerators will Start singing door Bells All Over the Continental and its Terri tories and a the nth decennial census of Euc oms american military and civilian personnel will not be forgotten by Uncle Sam when he undertakes his Gigantic operation while the census will be conducted stateside largely by direct Neucom residents will get into the act on a self service form the overseas census furnished by the Bureau of the census of the depart ment of members of the armed forces will receive their self enumerating forms through military servicemen temporarily absent from the place where they Are regularly assigned will be enumerated at that place when they american citizens employed by the government abroad will receive their farms through the Agency by which they Are other americans overseas May be included in the census by applying to the diplomatic mis Sions or consular offices for copies of form if additional copies of the form neither seamen on snips nor troops abroad will escape the intrepid 195o census takers by Sid new York Bureau census takers dont miss one interviewing a family whose Home is a trailer in a Camp near Are local distributing agencies May duplicate to avoid duplication and at the same time get a breakdown of How Many servicemen and civilians there Are Over stateside census takers will record members of a family but the actual nos count will be made on the basis of the overseas census report operation nose count will be strictly a private As is pointed out on form p5 this inquiry is authorized by your census report can be seen Only by authorized personnel and cannot be used for purposes of or Philip acting Bureau of the informed the Start and stripes to protect the privacy of the form is has been devised with a gummed after each person answers the he May Seal the form and be assured that no unauthorized person will see his the confidential nature of the is further maintained the form is opened in the All census employees Are sworn not to reveal in formation about any the Only Way in which the answers will be used is to each person required to fill in this form must provide information about himself and about member of his family living with him the information that respondents Are asked to Supply includes their location when the form is serial number and Branch of service for those in the armed Agency by which pm for civilian employees of the name of relation age at last marital state or country of and members of the armed forces living aboard vessels and All officers and Crew members of seagoing merchant vessels flying the american Flag will fill in form the Crews of vessels this form will be provided to masters of such vessels for distribution to passengers aboard vessels will not be Given these forms to they either will have been enumerated before leaving their Homes or will be enumerated on arrival at their overseas according to census Bureau estimates the population of the should hit almost when the official nose count is made in april that would gain of nearly 000 in the 10 years since the last official census which counted the Bureau released figures showing How the population has increased by leaps and Bounds since before the with final estimates still lacking for last the figures showed a gain of More than during 1949 the estimated population on 1 was this included and civilians at Home and with out the troops the actual num Ber to the 1 was about until its new nos count the Bureau bases its estimates on the 1940 plus birth and death immigration and department of defense looking it said the total population counted within the con fines of me in april to expected to number Between and assuming roughly the same number of troops abroad As were on this would bring the total population at Home and overseas to Between and when the tally is other census Bureau data of general interest indicates Uncle Sam is going All out to get an accurate hotels All Over the nation will be invaded april Register All prison Gates will be swung open some time during april to the census in the Case of Federal information will be taken from available but most other will by Bureau officials Are working with Foly cultural Institute of America to help in recording foreign win persons unable to speak on the statistical ride at operation the Bureau came up with some estimates on paper work it said that extra workers will be hired to make the count not Only noses will be but questions will be asked about Homes and most of the extra be Tabulator who will visit each Home in the More than counties in the another will be Crew who will be the immediate superiors to the they will be in by 450 District supervisors under the management of 14 area additional statistics show that the Field offices will use about copies of about 150 types of another punch cards will be used to record census facts for tabulation and holes will be punched in the cards for machine counting the residents of new Yorks Mills hotel we not forgotten by the census not to their Barbershop feature Section 111