New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
Finish Fight on Behalf of
Farmer Promised in the
House to Pass 1t Over
the Executives Refusal
gural Members Called
President Says Country Can
Stand Inconvenience Bet
ter Than City at Present
Neu fork Tribune
WASHINGTON Rurcou

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-President
wilson to-day sent to the House his
,s.o on the bill to repeal the daylight
swing. act. This is the second time
.bs President has blocked an attempt
hv Congress to repeal the law. As a
rssult OF his action to-day it is ex-
nected that finish fight between the
farmer and the city man over daylight
saving will develop in the House next
week.
The farmer, backed by the Republi-
cans in the House, expects to win. ac-
cording to Republican Leader Mondell.
Although it is said that both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans will be split on
the issue, enemies of daylight saving
name these facts in support of their
belief that & two-thirds vote can be
mustered to override the Presidents
veto:
That they lacked only eight votes
Of the necessary two-thirds when
an attempt was made to pass the
vetoed agricultural appropriation
bill with the rider killing daylight
saving.
FARMER VS.. NltV Man
That with the bill divorced from
necessary appropriation, the CUES
ton can now be fought out on its
merits, farmer against city man,
with the element of politics reduced.
That the bill will not be brought
up in the House until all rural Rep
resentatives opposing daylight saw
ing are back and lined up.
Republican Leader Mondell to-day
said that the bill may or may not be
sent to committee, according to
the development of opposition to it.
It probably viii not be considered be-
fore Tuesday. In the mean time every
means is being used to see that rural
Representatives, are on hand when the
House convenes again on Monday after
adjourning shortly after noon to-day,
when Representative Blanton, of Texas.
called for a quorum. This action pre-
vented any consideration of the Presi-
dents veto message.
The House originally passed the bill
by vote of 233 to 1872. On the at
tempt to pass the agricultural appro-
Driation bill over the veto the vote
was 247 to 1876.
wilson's Veto Message
The Presidents veto message read:
81 return this bill, II. r. 1854. An
act for the repeal of daylight saving
law without my signature, but do so
with the utmost reluctance. | realize
the very considerable and in some re-
spects very serious inconveniences TO
which the daylight saving law subjects
the farmers Of the country, to whom
we owe the greatest consideration and
VINO have distinguished themselves dur
ing these recent yeaTs of war and want
by patriotic endeaEors worthy of all
praise. But l have been Obliged to
balance one set of disadvantages
against another and to venture n ludg-
ment as to which were the most seri-
ous for the country The immediate
and pressing need of the country is
production, increased and increasing
production in all lines of industry
Dlsorganization and dislocation caused
By the war have told nowhere so heav-
manufacture and in the many indus
tries to which the country and The
whole world must look to supply need.
which cannot be ignored or postponed
1t is to these that the daylight saving
law is of most service 1t ministers to
economy and to efficiency.
"And the interest of the farmer is
not IN all respects separated from
these interests. He needs what the
factories produce along with the rest
OF the world. He is profted by the
prosperity which the success brings
about. His own life and methods are
more easily adjusted, | venture to
think, than those of the manufac turer
and the merchant.
These are the considerations which
have led me to withhold my signature
from this repeal. | hope that they are
considerations which will appeal to the
thoughtful Judgment Of the House ard
In the long run to the thoughtful judg-
ment Of the farmers of the country,
who have always shown an admirable
public spirit"