Evening star., 1947-05-02
IS 5Groups Back
Daylight Time; /
a Oppose Il
Public Hearings
Begin Wednesday;
Big Holl Sought
BY Henry A. Muslin

Awide majority Of Washington
organizations and individuals
favor daylight saving time FOL
the District, according, to CORE
spondence in the hands OF the
Commissioners.
An examination Of letters on tht
subject written to the city head.
over the last few months showed
today that rs organizations were fol
daylight saving time and only IA
against 1t.
The count was made as District
Building clerks culled through 40:
letters relating to daylight saving
to make sure every group and tndi-
vidual writing In receives notice o1
the public hearing scheduled for 1l
am. Wednesday. The Commission
ers will invoke fast time" if con-
vinced the majority wants It.
The Commissioners had not de.
cided today whether written opin.
Ions would be counted In the fina
analysis. They emphasized, how.
ever, that q careful tabulation O.
all communications was being KEEP,
in the event they should be con.
sidered.
May Arrange for Auditorium.
Commissioner John Russell Young
said indications Of large turnout
were such that q hall bigger thar
the District Building boardroom
with capacity of about 200, may
have to be used.
He said the Commissioners were
considering applying for use OF the
Departmental Auditorium.
OF the total number of letters re-
ceived, 367 were for fast time" and
127 opposed 1t, generally speaking
A few contained conditional clauses
such as provided the majority OF
Washingtonians want it,"
Civic Groups Back Change.
Civic bodies accounted for the
preponderance of ayes" among the
organizations writing in. Among
these were rs local and three subur-
ban citizens associations and three
local and one suburban civic associ-
ations.
The Northeast Council Of Citi-
zens' Associations and the Inter-
Federation Conference likewise were
listed among the favoring groups,
although the latter group made clear
its approval depended on the ma
jority vote at the hearing. Nine
miscellaneous organizations made
up the remainder.
Only seven local citizens and
three. local civic associations went
on record in opposition. Also in
this category were the Maryland
Virginia Milk Producers Associa-
tiop,athe Montgomery County Farm
Bureau. the Washington Plate Print
ers' Union and the District Fedora
ton OF Women's Club.
Associations Listed.
Local citizens associations listed
as favorable included Forest Hills,
North Randle Community, Congress
Heights, Chevy Chase, Kenilworth,
Bellevue, Kalorama, Mount Pleas
ant, Hampshire Heights, Anacostia,
Progressive of Georgetown, Manor
Park, Dupont Circle, Metropolis
View, Burroughs, Connecticut Ave-
nue., Washington Highlands, Fort
Davis, Randle Highlands, Brookland,
American University Park, Hill
crest, Citizens of Takoma, D. c.;
Shepherd Park, Chillum Heights
and Georgetown.
Brookland, Ivy City and Dean
wood Civic Associations also were
favorable to the change.
Suburban groups in the Eyes,
column included the University
Park, Hyattsville, Md; Country
Club Grove, Arlington, Va; Sleepy
Hollow, Falls Church, Va; Greater
Civic League, Alexandria,
Va, and the Garrett Park (Md.)
Citizens Association.
Other supporting organizations
included Fort Stevens Post, Ameri-
can Legion: the Washingtonians
Upton Garden Association, District
Pharmaceutical Association, Wash
ington Board Of Trade, Potomac
Rose Society, Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association, Washington
Building and Loan League and the
District Tennis Association.
The seven opposing local citizens
associations were Rhode Island
Avenue, Burleith, Cathedral Cleve-
land Park, Logan Thomas Circle
Sixteenth Street Highlands, Dahl
gren Terrace and Brightwood.
District civic associations in the
mo" column were Southwest,
Bloomingdale and East Central.