The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-16
DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW
REPEAL BILL VETOED
BY PRE- S|DENT WILSON.

Washington. August i5.-President
Wilson today vetoed the bill repeating
IN" daylight saving law.
The president said he returned the bill
without his approval with the utmost .
reluctance" because he realized tho
very considerable. and In some respects
very serious. inconvenience TO which
the daylight savings law subjects the
farmers OF the country"
Declaring the pressing need OF the
country was FOR production by indus
try the president said he had been oh,
ligcd 10 balance one set of dlsadvan-
tageS against another" and decide which
was the more serious Tor the country.
The presidents message was sent to1
Speaker Gillctt, but when an effort was
made to present II to the house. Repre-.
sentative Blanton of Texas made a /
point of no quorum ana the house ad
iourncd without the message being read.
This was the second time the presl
dent had vetoed repeal OF the law by
which the clocks are set forward AMI
hour the last sunday In March and
turned back an hour the last Sunday lnI
October. The first veto was several
weeks ago. the repeal being attached
appropriation bill.
White House officials aud members
of congress could not recall today a
previous instance of a president having
twice vetoed bills carrying the same
measure.
Leaders In congress doubt that the
two-thirds vote necessary To pass the
repeal measure over the president's
head can be obtained.
The presidents message vetoing the
bill follows:
'To the House of Representatives:
81 return this bill. II. r. 1854. An
act for the repeal of the daylight saving
law without my signature, but do so
with the utmost reluctance. | realize the
very considerable and in some respects
very serious inconveniences to which
the daylight saving law subjects the
farmers of the country, to whom we
owe the greatest consideration and Wild
have distinguished themselves during
these recent years of war and want by
patriotic endeaVors worthy of all praise
But | have been obliged to balance ond
set of disadvantages against anothef
and to venture a judgment as to which
We're the more serious for the country.
The immediate and pressing need OF
the country is production, Increased and
increasing production, in all lines OF
industry. The disorganization and dis
location caused by the war have told no
whore so heavily as at the industrial
centers--in manufacture and the many
Industries to which the country and the
whole world must look to supply needs
which cannot be ignored or postponed
at Is to thees that the daylight-siv
ing law is of most service. 1t ministers
to economy and to efficiency. And tho
interest of the farmer is not in all re
spects separated from these interests
He needs what the factories produce
along with the rest of the world. He II
profited by the prosperity with which
their success brings about. His own life
and methods are more easily adjusted
| venture to think, than those of the
manufacturer and the merchant
"These are considerations which have
led me to withhold my signature from
this repeal. | hope that they are con
siderations which will appeal to the
thoughtful judgment of the farmers o
the country, who have always showu,'
an admirable public spirit" n