The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-17
WILSON SAVES
DAYLIGHT ACT
Vetoes Agricultural Bill Because
of Amendment Turning
Clock Back.
WOULD CAUSE HEAVY LOSS
Executive Also Refuses to Approve
Sundry Civil BilI-Issues Two
Statements Explaining
His Action.

Washington, July 15.-Presideni
Wilson vetoed the agricultural bill be
cause of its 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:
81 take the liberty of returning h.
II. 1857, AN act making approprla'
tions for the department of agrtcul'
ture for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1920 without my signature.
81 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 of the
clause which provided that at and
after o'clock a. IN. on Sunday, octo-
Der 20, 1919, next the act entitled AN
act to save daylight and to provide
standard time for the United States,
approved March 10, 1913, be ana the
Sdult HClto9 Ia itHttAiNN
~ believe that the repeal of the act
referred to would be of very great
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the country, ana
think that | am justified in saying
that it would constitute something
more than an inconvenience. 1t
would involve serious economic loss.
The act was intended to place the
chief business activities Of the coun-
try as nearly as might be within the
limits of daylight throughout the year.
In regard to the sundry civil bill
the president In another communlca-
ton to the house said:
Under the vocational rehabilitation
bill, which became law June u, 1918,
the congress has sought to fulfill the
expectations of the country that 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.
"The work of rehabilitation under
this admirable law is now at its 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 n single agency, virtually transform
ing from the war risk insurance bureau
to the federal board for vocational ed
ucation S6.000,000 with which to sup
port disabled men in training at the
generous figure of $50 month for a
single man and 500 a month for a man
and his wife.
at is a matter Of very grave con-
Germ, therefore, that at the very mo-
ment when these disabled men are
AUllllE III NbllCluIlAiN INCREASING llA--li
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, ullify the whole purpose
of the act and render its administra-
ton practically impossible
"The section of the bill which | now
return, which governs the appropri-
alton for this work, provides the sum
Of S60OO,O00 for all expenses Of reha-
biitation, 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 (....), 1919, amending section 2
Of the act approved June q, 1913, in
asmuch as there are already over 1000
disabled soldiers, sailors and marines
III tluiHIlI anu llldSibuNh dS hhpliitl
1000 will be put into training now
that the amendment to section 2 has
l~come law, 1t is clear that even at
the rate Of only $50 a month, sum
approXimating $S,000,000 will be re
qulred 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 n 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"