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CHAOS OVER TIME
IN WASHINGTON
Presidential Order Falls to
"PIease l1ybody."
SCHEDULES IN CONFLICT
Thousands Protest Mixed-Up Method
of Saving Daylight" at National
canitat-susjness Houses Run on
"Old Time"

Washington. May 1.-THE question
~ daylight saving IN Washington has.
tnr the Time. relc~aled IL The bonus,
y ar graft Investigations and mterna-
onuI relations. Not within The mem
~ Of tht. oldest inhabitants have resi-
mis- of The uari"llal capital been So
.lcaled up.
: Nearly a half-tluzen different times
:, in effect. and no one knows exact!
i, here the confusion will end. 1t start
with the demand on President
artIinm hy advocates Of daylight say
=. thai he issue an executive order
!: something to PUT the DISTRICT OF
n;uInhia on the same basis as many
...}lt.r nearby cities aS 10 rmc. The
III 10 effecluaie daylight saving by
.:i>Iatiou failed l,St geaS0n and II
..nl.ed hopeless 10 appeal 10 congress
..!in. 10 short cuI was taken.
They pul il up Ia The president. VINO
f! his desire TO please all concerned.
; sy"tSied that yhdSe who wanted TO
save daylight could get up an hour
earlier. He recommended that old
.onSehold pest. the alarm clock. TO
i'!oSe ambitious souls who wanted 10
s..r the sun rise a> they truged 10
,,leir tasks each day. The pressure
un,inuei and the president finally
;,&rctd 10 talk il over with cabinet
e-;lds with Il view u starting The gov
...nmenI departments earlier.
The Ina ioritS OF Washington pop
,.iaiion is Oh The federal payroll hut
u hlppeus thal there are many large
enterprises noI governed 10y executive
riders or suggestions. Consequently
>hen il was decided 10 have all tie
departments open an hour ahead Oh
ne old schedule. many difficulties
we're encountered. Nearly all lines Of
private business expect 10 continue On
te old schedule. Chaos is predicted
y those who oppose the innovation.
The government prinlin" Office and
he bureau OF printing and engraV ing,
il has Esen aScerfained. must run ON
the old schedule. They employ in the
aggregate between 1000 and 5000 per
,rn>. and opening and closing hours
IRE fixed by statute. Theatres, hanks
md other places expect 10 run on the
old time" Consequently. when the.
red government clerk sees show IN
he evening. he or she must lose an
huur lin the hay" thai night. Meas
iarketS. grocery stores and lowly ice
nd milk distributors are taking no
!otice of the change. much TO the cha
rim of many hnusehotders.
Congress Will begin sessions at The
same hour. although 1t has been an,
unmced that The executive offices at
he White House will open for bust
House really doesn't get down to
business" until about 10 O'Clock, any
way. The critics say, 50 thiS change
viii entail no hardship.
One result of the change, il is point
ed out. is that Harding will be able to
80 t" the golf course an hour earlier
n the afternoons. if executive business
: 10 end when the departments close
IN the absence of legislation pro-
riding for daylfght-saving in the Dis
Frict of Columbia, the president should
re>cind his order relating to the open.
ing Of the government departments an
hour earlier" said senator Jones' OF
who fa1hered the day
!: !:@ht- saving hill in the senate
Other members of congress, irritated
ny the confusion which is being mani
tested in local affairs. are talking in
/ similar strain.