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Excerpt from Final Report on Total and Partial Unemployment, 1937, Vol. 4: The Enumerative Check Census The National Unemployment Census was taken in conformity with an act of Congress, approved August 30, 1937, for the purpose of providing information To aid in the formulation of a program of reemployment, social security, and unemployment relief for the people of the United States. The act authorized the creation of a temporary organization with full authority to take the census and, in connection therewith, to call upon other departments or agencies of the Federal Government for information relating to, and for assistance in connection with the census. Unlike previous census legislation, this act did not provide that the giving of information by individuals should be compulsory. After consideration of possible methods of taking the census, it was decided that the most feasible method to secure immediate data was through a national registration conducted with the assistance of the Post Othee Department. To supplement and check the data secured in the voluntary registration an enumerative census was conducted in sample areas. The time required to prepare for a complete enumeration, and the proximity of the 1940 decennial census, made a general enumeration impracticable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.