Evening star., 1922-04-14
DAYLIGHT SAVING
EFFORTSUN|TED
Trade Bodies Combine in
Campaign to Move Clocks
Ahead.

United effort to bring about day
light saving in the District of Column
bia is to be made by the three princi-
pal trade bodies of the District-the
Board of Trade. Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association. Representatives
Of these bodies will meet next Tues
day for the purpose Of laying out a
program for bringing about the neces-
sary legislation.
The joining of the forces was in
augurated by the latter association,
following the meeting Of the board Of
governors earlier in the month. At
that meeting the board unanimously
voted in favor Of a daylight saving
law for this city, and directed the Sec
trade bodies, with a view to joining
their efforts.
Arrange for Meeting.
Charles J. Columbus, secretary Of
the Merchants and Manufacturers' As
sociation, was in conference yesterday
with William P. Johnson, chairman
of the daylight saving committee of
c. Graham, chairman Of the daylight
saving committee Of the merchants
body, with a view to promptly get
ting together to make joint fight to
obtain the law.
does not have a daylight saving COM
mittee, it was said today by Mr.. Co
lumbus that it will have one in the
near future. However, the board of
directors Of the Chamber of Com
merce has issued Instructions to the
secretary of the body to write to
President Harding and ask him to is
sue an executive order for daylight
| saving in this city.
Because he has been assured that
the business men Of the District and
the employees in the mercantile estab-
lishrnents and a great army Of gov
ernment employees in Uncle Sans
workshop are eager for daylight saw
! ings in the District. and because he
believes that the administrative Of
fcers of the federal and District gov
ernments are ready to support such
Legislation, Representative Ernest r.
Alderman is arranging for hearing
, next Wednesday before the House
District committee.
Representative Ackerman has re-
ceived many pledges Of support from
his associates in Congress on his bill
! to establish daylight saving within
1 the District of Columbia, by advanc-
| ing the standard time one hour at 2
/ am of the last Sunday in April each
year, and retarding the clock one
, hour at am. of the first Sunday in
(: October.
| Representative fAckerman figures
/ that there would thus be saved one
| additional hour day for five months
! for recreationa1 purposes to the peo-
/, pie in the District, and has computed
+: that this. would allow total of 49,
| 100000 hours of daylight that the
people Of the National Capital could
] spend out in the air and sunshine. He
also calls attention to the fact that ii
! would mean five innings of base ball
without any loss of time from work
] to devotees of that sport.
| Representative Ackerman points out
| that the administration has already
been urged by the business men OF
Washington to support such legislation
as a direct saving to the federal gov
| ernment in getting its work done bet
| ter and more expeditiously. He pro.
poses to lay before the House District
committee reports showing that the
| board Of directors Of the Chamber OF
Commerce has written to President
Harding soliciting his support Of day.
light saving, and that the Merchantl
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