Evening star., 1922-05-25
DAYLIGHT-SAVING
OPPONENTS ARE IN
CREASlNG IN NUMBERS
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ing sent to The Star are accompanied
by letters approving the movement
to determine, by vote, the desires
whole proposition of daylight-saving.
The volume of coupons which come
to The Star office in each mail indi-
Gates that there are great many
people interested in the daylight
saving plan, ana taking advantage
of the opportunity offered by this
paper to register their opinions.
The whole purpose of the voting plan
is to secure a wide expression OF the
people of Washington on the whole
matter. The coupon is printed for the
sole purpose of convenience in voting
in the matter. To this end. The Star is
having printed large number of bal
lots for use of those who do not wish
to clip their papers. and these VIII De
available free to any one who calls at
the business Office tomorrow morning
|, or after.
Star Not Taking Sides.
There is no intention in The Stars
voting campaign to take sides either
for or against daylight-saving in any
form. but there is a great desire to de-
termine just what the people of Wash
ington want, and after that is deter
mined to try to get it for them. 1t is
not a circulation scheme, as it is not
necessary to clip the coupons from the
papers, for ballots will De furnished free
after tomorrow morning. People may
make their own coupons, as many have
already done. and these will be counted
along with those that are clipped from
the paper.
Many of those who have sent in
coupons have had signatures signed
on strips of paper pasted to the
coupons. These also will be counted
as separate votes just the same IS
though each person signed an indi-
vdual coupon.
Some suggestion has come to this
Office that many people who are op
posed to daylight-saving are with
holding their votes in the belief that
the movement is to get daylight saw
ing in one form or another. This is
not true, and persons with this idea
in mind are urged to send in theN
votes promptly to the end that the!
may be registered with the others ana
the real dea of the people determined.
The po.. now being taken is not IN
the interest of any particular plan
or against any particular plan.
Majority Against Plan.
The vote SO far shows the great ma =
jority of the people who have turned
in their ballots to be against udy
light-saving in any form, but it is the
desire to get as large vote a S pos
BILE for the purpose of determining
the public opinion of the entire city
on the whole proposition. The. votes
so far are given in detail in the taple
printed in connection with this story.
With business houses rapidly going
back TO their old hours. it leaves the
government departments and bureaus.
with the exception of the bureau OF
engraving and printing and the gov
ernment printing office. the only IN
stitutionS in the city on the So
called daylight-saving plan. How
ever. it was pointed out today that
great mary people started opposition
to the present plan before 1t was va
given a fair trial to determine wheth-
er or not it could be made as eTec-
tive as setting the clocks ahead. This
opposition. it was said further, served
TO greatly hamper the present system
and in a large measure Is serving TO
defeat IT'S nurDOSe.