Evening star., 1920-03-20
MEETING |NDORSES
DAYLIGHT SAVING
Employers, Government De.
!. partments and Labor
r Are Represented.

Representatives of employers. gov
erHment departments and labor voted
unanimously in favor of a daylight
saving law for the District of Co
1umbia at mass meeting in the
board room of the District building
last night. called by the daylight saw
ing committees of the Board of Trade
and Chamber of Commerce.
Odell S. Smith voiced the sentiment
of the meeting by Introducing reso-
luton asking that the President. the
heads of the executive departments
and the Commissioners of the District
of Columbia issue such proclamation
or order as may be necessary to ad-
vance the time in the District one
hour. beginning at o'clock am the
last Sunday in March, and ending at
. o'clock am. the last Sunday in Oc-
tober. The resolution, which was
adopted without dissenting vote.
also urged that all employers and cit
izens generally are earnestly and re-
spectfully called upon promptly to
conform to such proclamation or or
der to the end that it may be uni
formly observed.
Federal Employees View.
John s. Beach. representing the
there is no need to change the clock.
Some plan urging employees to report
to work an hour earlier could be
worked out, he said. which would ac-
complish the same result without in
terfering with the clock. He said that
while the Federal Employees Union
is not strongly in favor of the day
light saving law. he believed it would
be a good thing for the District of
Columbia.
G. H. Judd declared himself in
favor of the proposed law, and said
out of a poll taken among 21S en-
ployes of his plant less than twenty
voted against the plan- Most OF
these. he said. were not thoroughly
familiar with ii.
Corcoran Thorn reported the en-
ployes of the bank of which he is
vice president unanimously in favor
of the plan. He said the added hour
of daylight is more than welcome
during the heat of summer for rec
reational purposes.
American Legion Sentiment.
Support of the Henderson bill.
which embodies the sense of the
meeting. was pledged by J. G. Hoo
garder. representing Vincent B. Cos
tello Post, American Legion. Mr..
Hoogarder said he hoped the whole
American Legion would go on record
in favor of the daylight saving
measure. Capt. Charles B. Mcvay. jr.,
representing Admiral Grant. COM
mandant of the Washington navy
yard. pledged the support of 5000
employees of the yard, who. he said.
had gone on record in favor of day
light saving. The only demurrer
against the plan as set forth In the
resolution was entered by A. E. Sey-
mour. secretary of the Chamber OF
Commerce. Mr.. Seymour said 1t is
not necessary to issue an executive
order to secure compliance with the
plan. but that the heads of the nine
executive departments may order 1t
by changing the hours for reporting
to work.
Charles ]. Columbus. secretary OF
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association. said the almost unani-
nous sentiment among the business
men of the District of Columbia is in
favor of daylight saving. Isaac
Cans. chairman OF the committee rep
resenting the Chamber of Commerce
urged adoption of the plan as pro-
viding time for healthy recreation
Clifford Carpenter also spoke in favor
of the measure. Frederick A. Flem-
ing presided.