The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-16
This is Second Time Execu-
tive Has Given His Dis
approval to Repeal of the
Law.
REASONS STATED IN
SPECIAL MESSAGE
Pressing Need of Country
is for Production in In
dustry,' Mr.. Wilson Tells
Congress.

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Wilson today vetoed the bill repeating
the daylight saving law.
Declaring the pressing need of the
country was. for production by indus
try. the president said he had been
obliged to balance one set to disad-
vantages against another and decide
which was the more serious for the
country"
The president said he returned the
bill without his approval with "the
utmost reluctance becaused he real
ized the very considerable and in
some respects very serious inconveni-
ences to which the daylight savings
law subjects the farmers of the coun-
try
The presidents message was sent to
Speaker Gillett,. but when any effort
was made to present it to the house.
Representative Blanton, democrat, of
Texas, made a point of nosquorum and
the house adjourned without the mes
sage being read.
This was the second time the pres
ident had vetoed repeal of the law by
which the clocks are set forward an
hour on the last Sunday in March and
turned back an hour the last Sunday
in October. The first veto was sev-I
eral days ago. the repeal being at ~
tached aa n ridar-to tho s.s>saaI asxri-.
cultural appropriation bill.
White House Officials and members
or congress could not recall today
previous instance of a president hav-
ing twice vetoed the same bill. Eff
forts to pass the agricultural measure
over the veto failed in the house and
then the separate repeal bill then
pending was passed by the house.
Leaders in congress doubt that the
two-thirds vote necessary to pass the
repeal measure over the presidents
head can be obtained
The presidents message vetoing the
bill follows:
To the House or representatives:
Il return this bill. 1854. An act
for the repeal of the daylight saw
ing law without my signature, but do
SO with the utmost reluctance. real
ize the very considerable and in some
respects very serious inconveniences
to which the daylight saving law sub
Jects the farmers OF the country to
whom we owe the great consideration
and who have distinguished themselves
during these recent years OF war and
want by patriotic endeavors worthy
of all praise. But 1 have been obliged
to balance one set OF disadvantages
against another and to venture
judgment as to which were the more
serious for the country. The imme
diate and pressing need OF the coun-
try il production. Increased and in
creasing production, increased and in
all lines OF industry. The disorgan-
fzation and dislocatfon caused by the
war have told. nowhere SO heavily as
as Industrial centers-in manufacture
and in the many industries to which
the country and the whole world must
look to supply needs which cannot be
ignored or postponed. 1t is to these
that the daylight saving law is of
most service. It 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
profited by the prosperity which their
success brings about. His own life
and methods are more easily adjusted,
I venture to think than those of the
manufacturer 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
and in the long run to the thoughtful
Judgment OF the farmers of the coun-
try, who have always shown an admir-
able public spirit