The Washington herald., 1922-05-13
Two Government Plants
Will Not Be Affected by
Daylight Scheme.
SENATE OPERATES
UNDER OLD SYSTEM
Street Railway Heads De.
clare Plan Will Cause
Congestion.


Confusion precedes the advent -
the voluntary daylight saving plan.
which becomes effective here Mon
| day.
The Presidents order authoriz-
ing government department ex-cu-
tives TO advance their working pc
riods one hour will not be generally
| observed, either by the government
officials. District employees OF pri-
vate concerns.
Although President Harding has
agreed to conduct the business Of
the executive office in conformity
with the new time" Congress has
washed its hands Of the entire mat
! ter by shelving two measures pro-
| vidinR for a city-wide observance
Of the plan and announcing that
the sessions OF both Houses will be
conducted according to the past
schedule.
Two Plants Not Affected
Two government departments viii
not be affected by the time chaua.e.
the Bureau of Engraving aud
Printing and the Government Prin,-
ing ONCE. George S. Carter. public
printer, stated that IL the change
were to become effective in the
| printing office. IL would cost tn~
government S45.OO0 and cause cor-
siderable Inconvenience. while Louis
| A. Hill, director OF the engraving
bureau. stated that the employees in
this department were opposed to
the change by a vote Of four to
one.
The principal confusion. owing to
the fact that the clocks will not be
advanced and that the Observance
of the plan will not be general. ap-
pears to be centered about the To-
cal street railway companies
VIII Observe Conditions.
with some of the departments
observing and others ignoring the
new time" plan practically the en-
tire force OF government employees
will be required TO travel 70 u ~
places Of employment at approNi-
mately the same time. which. ac-
cording to the street railway Of
hcials. will cause congestion
On Monday. the operating officials
Of the railway companies will OBJ
serve conditions and hope To effect
an operating schedule which WI
/ care for the heavy traffic in the
morning and evening.
So complex has become the Situ-
alton regarding the street car op-
erations. that officials Of the com
panies have made repeated over
lures to the officials Of the Rarnum
and Bsiley-Ringling Brothers cir
Gus. which shows here Mondsv,
/ Tuesday and Wednesday OF next
week. for the changing Of their
opening hours to conform with the
daliCht saving rlan. in an effort tn
release more cars for the conveying
Of government employees There
will. however. be no change in the
showing time.
ID. c. Govt. Employees Affected.
District government employees.
with the exception Of the members
Of the fire department, will start
I their work an hour earlier bog IN
ming Monday The District Com
missioners will open their orices
under the new time plan. Tho po-
lice force shifts AZ 6 o'clock in the
morning. 4 O'Clock in the afternoon
aud midnight will he advanced one
hour.
The city rostofice will operate on
the present time schedule. owing 10
the fact that there will he no
change made in the railroad sched-
ules and mail deliveries in all sec
tions ~ the city will he unaffected
The District supreme Court VIII
conform with the daylight saving
plan. according TO an announce
ment made by Chief Justice Nc
Coy Yesterday. with the sessions
beginning at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing instead Of 10 O'Clock as at
present. TheNofice Of the clerk of
the court will open at s o'clock in
the morning and close at 8 o'clock
in the afternoon.
During 4 meeting of the wash
ington Clearing House Association
yesterday the daylight saving pro-
gram was frowned upon and the
bankers decided to adhere To the
present hours Of O'Clock in the
morning to o'clock in the after
moo. except Saturday. when tho in
stitutions will close at noon.
Thesters. both motion picture and
legitimate. are not expected TO oh
serve the new time schedule al
though some are at present non
committal. Churches are also un-
certain as to whether or not the
change will necessitate anv dir-
ference in time for the services.
Department stores and business
places. practically every one, ac-
cording 70 Charles Columbus. sec
retary Of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association. will observe
the new time program. A humber
Of grocery concerns and markets
VIII also open and close an hour
earlier during the summer months
Sessions OF the public schools will
be advanced one hour beginning
next week. as well as those Of prI-
vate schools. Other places where
the change will he observed are
Chesapeake Beach Railroad. chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany and Washington Rapid
Transit Company.
The Senate has refused to con-
slider bill now on it's calendar 20
revive the plan here and yesterday
, the subcommittee OF the House
District Committee. appointed 20
consider the practicability or the
system. voted TO table the bill.
, Considerable opposition to IN.
daylight saving law has emr mated
from the rural sections or the
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