Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-17
|SCORE IRREGULAR
| DAYLIGHT SAVING
House Committee Members
Protest the "Disorder" in
D. C. Observance.

order caused by the part of the peo-
saving and part not with a special
condemnation of the school author
tiles for compelling the children In
the PUBLIC schools to attend an hour
earlier, was voiced at a meeting of
the District committee today.
Owing to Misunderstanding, there
was not a quorum of the committee
present and no action could be taken
officially. Acting Chairman Wheeler
was one of the most outspoken in his
censure of DIR. Frank w. Ballou for
having issued an order. which he
said should be rescinded. compelling
daylight saving observance in the
schools.
Representative Wheeler emphasized
that it Is a very severe strain on the
pupils and the teachers, especially
on the young children. to be conf
PEELED to arise an hour earlier IN the
morning. He pointed out that the'
children cannot and do not get TO
sleep any earlier in the evening, and
80 they are under an hour strain
additional every day.
View. of Representative Hammer.
Representative Hammer. democrat,
of North Carolina. author OF the bill
designed to carry into effect gener-
ally the recommendation of President
Harding and the District Commits
sioners, said today that he objects to
daylight saving unless It Is uniformly
observed. IF it is right for employees
of the government to have daylight
saving" he said, lit IS RICH; for the
executives and for Congress to OBJ
serve it. also" Representative Ham
mer thought that a delegation from
the House District committee should
be sent to confer with the President.
Departments Queried.
In view of the apparent divided
opinion in the government depart
ments regarding the benefits of day
light saving. The Star today obtained
from the chief clerks of each Of the
ten regular departments an idea of
the manner in which daylight saw
ing Is being received by the gov
ernment employees. This survey fur
Their reveals that only in two of the
Observation-Disclosures Once and Labor
was general referendum taken be-
fore the plan was adopted, while
several of the bureaus OF the Navy
Department took referendums vi
their own. In the other seven de-
partments nothing was done to md
out whether employees favored or
were against the daylight saving
plan.
In the Post Office Department the
majority In favor of the daylight
saving plan, as disclosed by
referendum vote taken before the
extra-hour plan was made effective,
was 50 small that Postmaster General
Work advised against adoption OF the
plan. The referendum taken at the
Labor Department. according to the
chief clerk, disclosed small ma
jority, estimated at 10 per cent. in
favor of the plan. The bureaus of
the Navy Department. which took
separate referendums. voted over
whelmingly in favor of reporting for
work an hour earlier
Necessarily in the departments in
which no referendum was taken it
was impossible to obtain an accurate
idea as to how most of the govern
ment workers feel. The plan has
been much commented upon, how
ever. and from the comments certain
conclusions have been drawn.
Division In Opinion.
There was no referendum taken in
the Department of Commerce and
from reports reaching the chief clerk
Office opinion appears to be divided
as to the merits of the scheme and
the way it will affect each employe,
according to the chief clerk The OPP
posite is true at the Interior Depart
ment, where no referendum was
taken, but most of the clerks appear
to be against the plan.
Opinion appears also to be divided
at the War Department, with the
probability that the majority Of the
employees are in favor of the plan, ac-
cording to the information given out.
The chief clerk of the Department Of
Justice reported that although no ref
erendum had been taken in the de-
partment he had not heard any COM
plant against the plan. and believed
that the large majority of employees
are in favor of it.
Views as to the plan are di-
vided in both the Treasury and
Agricultural departments. two of the
| largest departments in Washington.
according to the chief clerks Of the
respective departments.
At the Treasury 1t was declared
there had been some unfavoTable
comment. particularly among those
employees who commute to and from
work. but 1t was conceded that on
the whole the plan met with general
favor.
A referendum was not taken at the
State Department in advance of the
order of Secretary Hughes. The chief
clerks office today had no accurate
idea of what sentiment in the depart
on the plan. the clerks appeared to be
divided as to it's merits.
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