The Washington herald., 1922-05-16
PRESIDENT TO GIVE
PLAN FAIR TRIAL"
House Bill Would Make
Enforcement in Schools
Misdemeanor.

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changing. 1t was stated at the White
House.
This executive decision. il is said.
was arrived at when -five bankers,
all leaders in District financial cir
cles. visited the Executive Offices
with a request that legislation be
enacted to bring order out of the
present chaotic daylight saving
schedule"
Would Make IL Misdemeanor.
Meanwhile. Representative Arthur
NJ. Free. of California. the father
of two sets of twin children, was
introducing in the House a bill maxi
ing IL a misdemeanor for the Board
of Education or other authorities in
thu District to require children IN
der IL years of age to attend school
in this city before o'clock. Eastern
standard time.
Street car schedules were dis
rupted during the traffic peak hours
Yesterday. owing to the fact that
practically all OF the government
department employees sought trans
portation facilities at approximately
the same time.
Says Bank Hours Chaotic.
The first day Of this voluntary
daylight saving" said Charles C.
Glover. chairman of the board of
directors of the Riggs National
a state of chaos
The forced retardation of the
clearing hour for the banks. from
2 to o'clock in the afternoon, has
produced much Inconvenience and
confusion. both to the banks ana
to the Federal Reserve Bureau ot.
the Treasury Department. the lat
ter observing the daylight saving
schedule"
1t was stated. following the
bankers conference with the Presi-
dent. that some expedient might
be found, through Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon. which would re-
duce the present inconvenience in
the banking business.
Accompanying Mr.. Glover to the
White House were: Charles J.. Bell,
president of the American Security
and Trust Company; William T.
Galliher. president of the American
National Bank; John b. Larner.
president of the Washington Loan
and Trust Company, and William
Flather. vice president of the Riggs
NdtiOnal BANK.
Free says Plan "Unfair.-
Commenting on his proposed leg
islation, providing a fine of 500 or
thirty days in Jail as punishment
for the party or parties requiring
children under IA years of age to
attend school before 9 o'clock in the
morning. Representative Free stat
ed II was unfair to the mothers of
children to 'yank them out of bed
before the childless woman starts
in on her beauty sleep"
While the opposition to the new
time plan was having its fling.
President Harding announced that
his Cabinet semi-weekly meetings
would be held one hour earlier. be-
ginning today. Conferences with
newspaper correspondents also will
be advanced an hour. on Tuesdays
at 12 o'clock and on Fridays at
3 o'clock.
Defense of the present adylight
saving plan is contained in a state
ment issued by Gen. Anton Stephan.
president Of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, which
urges that the desires of the ma
jority in Washington should be
met"
Business Houses VARY.
The statement. which calls upon
business to co-operata in the move
ment, points out that from 50 TO 90
per cent of the business interests
Of Washington have responded to
the letter and spirit of the plan.
II do not believe III changing the
hours of employment unlnss tho
clocks are change accordingly and
therefore my store will open and
close at tn, same hours * Jii be.
fore the daylight saving plan went
into effect" declared A. Lisner. pro-
prietor of the Palais Royal depart
ment store. last night. The Palais
Royal will continue to open a. s:I5
a mSnd close at p. m
Employees of the general account
ing ce, Postoffics Department,
who voted against the daylight saw
ing plan when the proposal was
balloted on yesterday predicted that
the working day would be length
ened through the dayllGnI plan"
their lunch period.
New time" was successfully OBJ
served at the District Building. No
in the morning. There was much
yawning and stretching among en-
ployes during the day, II is said.
However,. the new schedule was a
nat failure in the home of one of
the Commissioners. This Official
had ordered his cook to report for
duty an hour earlier. The lady,
however, defed the order, and ar
rived at her usual hour.
One District employe arrived on
the job promptly at in the morn.
ing. an hour early. His early ar
rival was not by any means due to
the fact that he was enthusiastic
over the new time schedule. Upon
going to bed he had 1T his watch
an hour ahead. Later in the night
the. daylight saving schedule began
to haunt him. He woke with a
start and. forgetting that he had
set his watch ahead. moved
II on another hour. All this ne re-
mcmbered as he awaited his fellow
n a,,,nloves In th> morning.