The Washington herald., 1922-05-17
DAYLIGHT SAVING
TO Be SUBJECT OF
JOINT RESOLUTION
Rep. Hammer and Others
Seek to Bring Order
Out of Chaos.
MOTHERS RAP plan
Vigorously Condemn Present
System-Harding Favor
able to Legislation.

Revival of the District daylight
saving law in Congress will be, at
tempted within the next few days
by the introduction of a joint res
olution. IL was learned yesterday.
Representative William H. Ham,
mer. who introduced the bill pro-
posing to advance the hands Of
District clocks one hour. announced
that he or some other member of
the House District Committee
would offer a resolution for the
purpose, or introduce another bill.
The original bill was tabled by a
subcommittee of the House Dis
trict Committee and in an effort to
bring order out CT chaos resulting
from the haphazard way in which
daylight saving is being operated.
Representative Hammer will ask
that the matter be given further
consideration by Congress. he ex-
planned.
Seek Uniform system.
Representative Hammer and
other members of the House in
sisted that a bill should be passed
which would make the system unf-
form in the District. although they
objected to the system under ordi-
nary circumstances.
''If daylight saving Is to be at
tempted there should be some stan
dardization. or any good effects
that might result from its adoption
will be neutraIized by the confusion
that is bound to result" Hammer
stated.
Ills believed by many members
of the House that under the cir
cumstances a bill introduced at this
time to revive the daylight saving
law would be passed by the House.
Harding In Receptive Mood.
The plan is encountering serious
obstacles in its handicap race with
public opinion in Washington. al
though the United States Senate
capitulated yesterday to the Presi-
dents plan Of moving schedules up
an hour. The Senate convened at
10 o'clock and will continue to
do so.
The White House announced
yesterday that the President is
now in a receptive attitude toward
a bill requiring clocks to be set
ahead an hour. Two days of the
present system has convinced him,
II was said. that nothing but con-
fusion will result. The President,
however. will not initiate nor sug-
gest legislation of this kind. but
will approve it If laid before him,
II was pointed out.
Mothers Condemn Plan.
Mothers of the District fatty de-
manded restoration of old time yes
terday through the District Con-
gress of Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations. Daylight
saving Is described by the con-
gress as a hardship on mothers,
who are forced to arise at daylight
to prepare their children for school.
A resolution was adopted con-
demning the plan 'in the strongest
terms conceivable" by a vote OF
IL to Z.
The Washington Railway and
Electric Company announced that
its .ars would return to the old
time schedule at night as a result
of its inability to handle theater
ana circus crowds. Inc NdpiSdi
Traction Company is Withholding
action.
The District workhouse at oc-
coquan tried the new plan for a
day and found 1t impracticable, so
returned to the old schedule.
The District school system has
welcomed the plan with open arms
and intends following 1t through.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou. superintend-
ent of schools, says no confusion
has resulted during the first two
days of its operation and he sees
no indication of any.
Sessions in the District Supreme
Court will start at 8 a. m. here
after, instead Of the usual hour OF
10 o'clock. according to an order
issued yesterday by Chief Justice
Mccoy. --....-.
The clerks office has been open
ing at s o'clock and will continue
to open at. that hour and close al
o'clock. Court sessions will end
about q o'clock. depending on the
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