ECONOMIC STATISTICS Aus 9 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC STATISTICS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE ECONOMIC REPORT Printed for the use of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report 54-600 49377 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1954 JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE ECONOMIC REPORT (Created pursuant to sec. 5 (a) of Public Law 304, 79th Cong.) RALPH E. FLANDERS, Vermont, Vice Chairman aq Heroi CONTENTS Barton, Samuel G., president, Market Research Corp. of America Belcher, Donald R., Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget, accom- panied by Stuart A. Rice, Assistant Director for Statistical Stand- ards, and Peyton Stapp, Assistant Chief, Office of Statistical Advisory committees to Federal statistical agencies. Bratt, Elmer C., professor of economics, Lehigh University (sub- Burns, Arthur F., Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers_ 163, 170 Colean, Miles L., consulting economist, Washington, D. C. Commerce, United States Department of, program of improved con- 351, 355 275, 287, 331 struction statistics. 44 Statement of-Continued Economic Indicators, letters on.. Page 182 360 308, 332 Fishman, Leo, professor of economics and finance, West Virginia Friend, Irwin, professor, University of Pennsylvania.. 200, 268 Kellogg, Lester S., director of economic research, Deere & Co---- Kyrk, Hazel, Washington, D. C., formerly professor of economics, Roos, Charles F., president, the Econometric Institute, Inc. (sub- Rosenbaum, Arthur, manager, economic research department, Sears, 337 295, 323 Ruttenberg, Stanley H., director, and Ellickson, Katherine P., asso- 341 217, 270 Seidman, Bert, economist, American Federation of Labor. Simonson, Henry J., Jr., president, National Securities & Research Representatives of statistics producing agencies and Bureau of the Budget, Clague, Ewan, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department 221 361 266, 320, 326 Paradiso, Louis, Assistant Director and Chief Statistician, Office of Business Economics, Department of Commerce_ Rice, Stuart A., Assistant Director for Statistical Standards, Office of Statistical Standards, Bureau of the Budget____. Riefler, Winfield W., assistant to the Chairman, Board of Governors of Wells, Oris V., Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Depart- |