Evening star., 1922-05-07
NEW DAYLIGTIT-SAVING SCHEME
FAVORED AND AIDED BY PUBLIC
President May Order Change in Working
Hours Tomorrow Street and Suburban
Railways Consider Revising Schedules.

Announcement that the District of
Columbia is to enjoy the benefits of
daylight saving this summer, COM
mencing May Is, has been most
happily received generally. according
to promoters of the plan which yes
terday received the official sanction
of President Harding.
II Is pointed out as the most pleas
Ing feature of the plan. as agreed up
on. that the hands of the clock are
not to be touched. and that the
capital is TO have it's daylight saving
season simply by going to work an
hour earlier and getting off an hour
earlier in the afternoon
Although the terminal date is moi
definitely agreed upon. 1t is under.
stood that the plan will be In effect
until October 1. This point will be
settled definitely within few days
In tho meantime President HARDING
Will issue public statement explain
working hours in the federal depart
ments and suggesting general coop
GRAFTON. This statement was looked
Tor yesterday afternoon or last night
but at the White House 1t was thought
1t would be made public tomorrow. Ii
Is expected that the statement will be
addressed to the heads OF the various
government departments and inde-
pendent government agencies In this
city, and will give formal notice that
the working hours will be advanced
one hour commencing May Is.
Merchants Fall in Line.
Merchants and business houses
generally have already made known
their willingness to fall in line with
the plan and cooperate in every pos
sible way to bring about. the desired
results. They, too. will advance their
opening hours and make other changes
necessary to meet the new order
of things. The street railway COM
panies have made 1t known that they
will Immediately consider readjust
ment of schedules The steam rail-
road companies and interurban
electric lines running local trains to
and from Washington for the benefit
of commuters will follow su.r
The business interests of Wash.
to respond to the change in the work :
ing hours as instituted by the federal
government and will go out of their
way to follow the lead of President
Harding in this matter" was the way
one Of the officers of one Of the lead
ing trade and civic bodies expressed
his views last night. He stated that
he has been assured by a number of
merchants and business men, who are
not identified with any of the local
trade and civic organizations, Tthat
they will join hands with those lead
ing in the movement and will Coop
crate in every particular.
Market Men Approve.
At the Center and other local
markets, where early rising and open
ing has been in vogue for many
years. the plan met with general ap-
proval. even though getting out of
bed an hour earlier means more to
them than to the average citizen and
business man, inasmuch as many Of
the market men now open up shop
long before sunrise.
1t Is pointed out. further, that de-
partmental heads and business men
are unanimous in the belief that this
plan of daylight saving will result
in the greatest good for the greatest
number They anticipate improved
efficiency in the work Of employees be-
cause of the greater opportunity Of
fered for outdoor exercise and recrea-
tions. It is hoped that those en-
pioyes who are confined indoors
throughout the working hours will
grasp the chance now offered by the
extra hour of daylight to derive the
full benefits therefrom.
No Change I'm Senate.
No matter what the executive de-