The virtual removal of the head of the Census Bureau and the substitution of a successor, coincident with the advent of a new national administration, has necessarily brought forward some crucial questions respecting the principal statistical office of the nation. Many of these relate to semi-political issues. This is not the place to discuss them. But behind these lies the question of the future of the census, and of how that future will be affected by the past management of the organization. Into such a discussion there necessarily and unavoidably enters a political element. That, however, is not its chief feature. When all has been said, the problem whether the census has or has not been efficient during the thirteenth decennial enumeration, and if not, whether and how it will ever be possible to get a good administration fit, remains the central point.