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Harry Truman: The sole purpose of the Census is to secure general statistical information regarding the population, its…

On the recordMarch 17, 1950
The sole purpose of the Census is to secure general statistical information regarding the population, its characteristics, its homes, and its farms.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2876—Seventeenth Decennial Census

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