Washington, Jan. 1.
The voluntary unemployment census showed between 7,822912 and 10,870,000 unemployed in the United States as of November 20. it was reported to President Roosevelt to-day.
The President was frankly advised, however, that the report was questionable' because a house-to-house canvass of selected areas showed a considerably greater number of jobless than the voluntary postcard Census revealed.
The former figure was based on the postcard census and the latter was based on the test count in selected areas. Both figures included the 2,001,877 workers on Federal relief, The next regular session of Congress will consider the mounting unemployment problem and President Roosevelt's forthcoming message will deal lengthily with the situation, it was said.
Economists of the Works Progress Administration estimated that approximately 1,000,000 persons were disemployed since the census was taken and between one and two milieu more may be disemployed before February 1—United Press.
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