So what is your conclusion? Was Zullo right in the press conference, that the ‘Race of Father’ box was supposed to be blank (with code #9 only) instead of having ‘African’ entered in it? Same goes for the Industry box 12b where University was entered in it. Should it have been blank also?
“Was Zullo right”
If they have the 1961 coding instructions, why post the 1968 table?
If the codes have changed between 1961 and 1968 that seems to me to be a problem for them.
I don’t understand their connecting race of father with occupation. Why assume that “9” means the same thing for both fields. What if “9” meant “other” in occupation?
We do not have the codes (Hawaiian or Federal) they used so everything is just a guess.
The Hawaiin State archives is where I would look find the instructions for filling out the forms back in 1961.