The sun., 1919-06-19
CONGRESS- KILLS.
DAYLIGHT LAW
Senate and House Join in Re-
peal by Overwhelm-
ing Votes.
CALDER DEFENDS ACT
La Toilette Opposes Bill as
War Measure Not Passed
by People.
CALDER DEFENDS ACT
Speciol DespoteA TO The sus.

WASHINGTON, June IS. - Daylight
saving was killed in Congress to-day.
in the Senate by an overwhelming vote
and in the House by almost two to one.
The question was brought before the
Senate by Senator La Toilette (Wis.) D..
who offered an amendment to the
pending agricultural appropriation bill
to repeal the daylight saving plan at 2
A NJ. on October &c next. Being gen.
eral legislation the rules must be sus-
pended to attach an amendment to an
appropriation measure. Senator La
F'cllette moved the suspension.
Just a word in explanation he said.
This daylight saving was adopted as
part of our war legislation. 1t has
never heen before the people in an cleo
ton and they have had no opportunity
| to indicate whether they were willing
to accept these radical changes in their
| standard time. They ought TO have an
opportunity st least to get this amend
ment rassed on by the Senate and
House. Therefore I ask this suspension
7 be taken"
| Senator Calder IN. " urged that
action ough. to be taken more formally
with hearings on the merits and the
| like. Every Senator" he said, know.
the Importance of the economy that ha.
been effected under this plan"
| Then the roll was called on the motor
46 to 90
Several Senators who had voted
against the motion to suspend then ros,
to explain. They had voted that way
because they were constitutionally op
posed to attaching general Legislation
to appropriation measures, but never
theless they we're opposed to the dayligh
saving plan and would vote against 1t.
Then the roll was called again and tn,
amendment was carried, Sc to 6.
BY a vote of 233 to 1872, after a par
liamentary battle of several hours, tn
House earlier In the day repealed tn
daylight saving law. Members from
agricultural districts generally wer
massed against representatives. from IN
population who made a desperate flgh
to keep the extra hour in the sru,nc
day.
AS opposed 10 the blanket argu,"cn
that farmers do not want the laE he
cause 1t forces them TO GO to work al
hour earlier members from Iqboiin:
and industrial districts argued st,unpl,
, IN favor ofthe law that II provides vlr
tually an extra recreation hour for IN
workers and pointed out that the farm
crs' argument cannot hold up agains
the proposition that nothing prevent
him from going to work an hour late
by the clock in summer II he so elects
Representatives. Griffin IN. " an
La Guardia IN. " and Garlan
{ (Penna.) took a leading part. in tn
opposition to the bill. az did other mem
hers from New York and Pennsylvania
which have passed State daylight sav
ing laws.
A number of efforts to anne III IN
repeal bill by advocates of the dayligh
saving plan were defeated by decisiv
! ma torities. as were efforts - brin
about the immediate repeal of the Jaw
The measure passed by the Senat
must now go to conference. where it
likely to be adopted over the Hous
. bill. Passage OF the conference measur
| ts assured In each house and dayligt
saving will end in October after a tw
| years trial I'm the United States