Evening star., 1928-05-24
''Let Clocks Alone!
Writer Suggests Adoption of
Navy Plan as Solution.

Writer Suggests Adoption of
Navy Plan as Solution.
To the Editor OF The star;
Reading the letter OF Mrs. Eugene
Stahl In The Star OF the 18th prompts
me TO add a few remarks along the
same line AS several States and many
cities in America have given daylight
saving their support. feel like offering
some suggestions that believe will have
equally good. II not better. effect on
the common veal.
First. as the moving of a clock S
hands has such wonderful potency
over time. suggest that 1t would be
well for the various crafts unions to
try arrange contracts whereby the
father OF the chapel or kindred official
shall be permitted to run the hands OF
the Office clock around full week every
other Monday. This would give the
men six weeks salary every month.
There is no doubt 1t would be OF great
public benefit. as II would increase con-
suming capacity, and therefore create q
greater demand for all commodities.
Then 1t would enable many men to have
an income who at present are afflicted
by unemployment The men holding
regular Jobs could leave as soon as the
clock ground out their week on pay
day and allow the subs" 10 work for
the rest of the real elapsed time
Second. am In favor of clocks that
could be rapidly run for few minutes
ant make up two or three years for the
youth of Is or 10 who longs for the age
OF his ma iority. Conversely. IL might be
well to run some clocks back 10 or Is
years for us old boys.
Nal "A ANa e..
carry this sort of mathematics into
other lines. BY increasing the quarters
into dollars we could easily pay some of
long-Standing debts.
BY doubling up our blocks We could
readily reduce the distance from our
homes to our workshops SO We could
walk the distance In q few minutes and
save much transportation cost. We
might even arrange 1t 80 We could come
home around pm. after an all-niel.t
poker session~-that Is. II We could give
Dearie the right kind OF diamond wrist
watch.
Then In the oil business II would be
so much nicer to increase the cubic
content of the standard barrel. and.
holding the price up, allow the big COM
pany TO get two or three times As much
crude. This would cause less friction
have q smaller barrel with which to
measure the potential production of new
fields. The headlines would be much
more interesting II this were carried out.
and some strain on truth could be re-
lieved.
As dear old Puck was wont 10 say.
What fools these mortals be-" And ]
agree with him. And yet, nevertheless,
the same rule OF Is that juStires the
turning forward OF the clock to call
seven eight will sustain all of the
propositions set out II YOU want To
come 10 work at Z and go home nj
4, do SO Hut don't show your long
ears by thinking with the ume-picce
incidentally
l might add the United States Navy
on board It's ships has always praeticed
daylight saving but Il does not change
the el c., The NAVY method Is SO sim
pie and senSlble~~nothtng childish about
II, just plain, unadulterated horse
sense via. In Spring and Summer start
the days work at & am, and Fall aud
Winter Rt am, Let the clock alone,
follow the sun. Oct the ideas OR Is II
too simpler JOHN MAHONFN,