Mr. Speaker. it has recently come to my attention that the pending 1970 census will not count very important segments of our population: primarily. minority groups. the urban poor. the foreign born. and. in some lesser degree. the handicapped. this allegedly due to defects in the methods and procedures to be used. The able. distinguished gentleman from California. our friend Congressman BURTON. has brought this matter to my attention and has ably summarized the causes of his concern about this matter. He states generally that census taking in densely populated urban areas. in which high concentration of the classes of people referred to above reside. will rely primarily on mailings rather than personal interviews. This is true. notwithstanding the fact that many people in these areas share mailing addresses. an incredibly large number of units and apartments are inhabited by more than one family. and that many will not respond. out of fear. ignorance. or physical disability to a lengthy. impersonal. and complex form. It is also pointed out that the census forms and accompanying instruction sheet will be printed only in English. notwithstanding the fact that millions of people. mainly Spanishspeaking. orientals. and other foreign born. can neither read nor write English. There is apparently no official or standard translation of the census questionnaire. instruction sheet. or census taker handbook in Spanish. Chinese.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that foreign born people cannot read or write English.