Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-07-18
WILSON SAVES
DAYLIGHT ACT.
vetoes Agricultural Bill Because
of Amendment Turning
Clock Back.
WOULD CAUSE HEAVY Loss
Executive Also Refuses to Approve
sundry Civil BiII-Issues Two
Statements Explaining
His Action.

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Washington, July 15.-President
Wilson vetoed the agricultural bill be-
cause Of it's provision repeating the
daylight saving law.
In regard to the agricultural bill
the president sent the following COM
munication to the house of representa-
tives:
Il take the liberty of returning II.
r. 1857, An act making approprla-
tons for the department OF agrlcui-
ture for the fiscal year ending june
80. 1920 without my signature.
II realize, Of course, the grave IN
| convenience which may arise from
| the. postponement of the legislation
at this time, but feel obliged to with
hold my signature because or the
clause which provided that a .
after 2 o'clock a.. NJ. on Sunday, Octo-
Der 26, 1919, next the act entitled An
act to save daylight and to provide
standard time for the United States,
approved March 10, 1913, be a the
| same hereby is repealed
II believe that the repeal of the act
referred to would be OF very great
inconvenience to the country, and !
| think that / am justified in saying
that it would constitute something
more than an inconvenience. It
would involve a serious economic loss.
The act was intended to place the
chief business activities of the Y
try as nearly as might be within the
limits Of daylight throughout the year"
In regard to the sundry civil Dill
the president in another communlca-
ton to the house said:
"Under the vocational rehabilitation
bill, which became law June II, 1913,
the congress has sought to fulfill the
expectations of the country n a their
| soldier, sailor and marine disabled
in the recent war should be given an
opportunity to secure at the expense
and under the fostering care OF the
| federal government such training as he
needs to overcome the handicap of his
disability and to resume his place as
| civilian able to earn a living upon
something like equal footing with
those with whom he was associated be
fore he made his great sacrifice for the
honor and defense of the country.
sThe work Of rehabilitation under
this admirable law is now at it's height
and was to have been given greater
speed and certainty by the amendment
to section two of the vocational re-
Mobilization bill, which | have today
signed, and which places the whole
| responsibility for vocational training
In a single agency, virtually transform
ing from the war risk insurance bureau
to the federal board for vocational ed
ucation 100000 900 with which to sup
port disabled men in training at the
generous figure Of $50 a month for a
| single man and 500 a month for a man
and his wife.
1T is a matter of very grave con-
Germ, therefore, that at the very mo-
ment when these disabled men are
| coming in constantly increasing num-
bers to the government to avail them
selves of this general plan, there should
| appear in the sundry civil appropria-
| ton bill, which / now return, limiting
clauses which will do much more than
seriously cripple and retard the bene-
fetal work of restoring these men to
useful and %contented lives. These
clauses would probably, in fact, if put
into effect, nullify the whole purpose
of the act and render its administra-
A.1. ~moa o+;ool1- ;rornra;11n
1.-THE section of the bill which / now
return, which governs the appropri-
alton for this work, provides the sum
of $6,OOO,OOO for all expenses of reha-
bilitation, including the support of the
disabled men in training, and this sum
is stated to be in lieu of the appropria-
ton contained in the act approved
| July CD, 1919, amending section 2
of the act approved June 27, 1918, I'M
asmuch as there are already over 1000
| disabled soldiers, sailors and marines
in training and inasmuch as another
1000 will be put into training now
that the amendment to section 2 has
become law, it is clear that even at
the rate of only $50 a month, a sum
approximating 100000 will be re
quired for the mere support Of these
men, and that under the present APP
preparation nothing will be available
for their tuition and travel or for plac-
ing them where they can earn a living,
and it will be impossible to meet the
needs Of the new thousands who are
every week seeking the benefits of the
rehabilitation act"