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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: So it is as if we had the scales and the thumb rather than, well, perhaps the heavy hand of government is going to rest…

On the recordMarch 18, 1999
So it is as if we had the scales and the thumb rather than, well, perhaps the heavy hand of government is going to rest on that scale to produce the desired outcome based on political pressure from the White House and the marching orders that the Director of the Census has been given to maximize numbers in such a way, devoid of actual enumeration, to produce a desired outcome.
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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH
New York

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Discussing concerns about government influence on the Census process.

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