The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. in a report entitled "Counting the Forgotten." presented further evidence of a "significant undercount" of the Spanishorigin population. citing the Bureaus own estimate of the 1970 black undercount. and its insensitivity in developing methods to accurately count Spanishspeaking communities. The National Urban League also observed in a 1973 report that the undercount rate for Spanishorigin population was "probably much larger than those for blacks." In response. the Bureau has taken the position that without reliable statistics on births. deaths. and net immigration It cannot prepare undercount estimates for persons of Spanish origin. I consider this defeatist attitude premature and harmful. A substantial undercount means the loss of millions of dollars a year in Federal and local assistance as well as equal employment opportunities for Latinos.
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