Evening star., 1947-01-25
Letters to The Star
Readers Differ About, Benefits
Of Dayli8ht Saving

of Daylight Saving
To the Editor Of The Star:
wish to add my voice to the many
who greatly desire daylight saving
time for washington this coming sum-
mer. To quote from a beautiful poem
recently published in The Star, II hate
the dark; love the light" Why should
any one want to lie in bed for hours
after the sun has risen and then be
plunged into darkness at the other
end Of the work day, the time when
the great majority count on brief
time of leisure and enjoyment in the
out of doors, or to have the benefit of
daylight in the home? And when our
neighboring cities along the Coast are
enjoying the increased number of day
light hours, why should this city alone
be tied to time arbitrarily set long
ago and which does not follow the
sun at all? To change the clocks
of Government departments, stores.
ETC., as recently was suggested, leaving
the clocks of the rest of the city on
the old time, results only in the great
est confusion and inconvenience. This
was tried here once before, think In
President Hoover's administration, and
was unsatisfactory to every one. Two
varying times In one city! When the
clocks are the same everywhere and
everything goes along together, no one
knows the difference, except by having
increased daylight hours. Personally.
I favor national daylight saving time
for the summer months, as we had
during the war. If good thing then.
it should be equally good thing now.
NJ N.
TO the Editor ct The Star:
Come over into Macedonia and help
us!"
We have all heard of the Bill of
Rights, but have We read it carefully
and do we all know what it covers? Ger
tainly the right, should suppose, in
the ordinary course of events, to stick
to standard time, go to bed by 1t and
get up by it.
But every year about this time
bunch of play farmers starts this
hue and cry to have the clocks moved
so that they can rush home and work
in their gardens while the sun still is
high. They never give thought to the
thousands whose homes are small, hot
apartments, possibly only small rooms,
near tin roofs and facing the west.
feel like saying to them as my old
Scotch father used to say to me when I
would try to weedle penny Out OF him:
"oh, go away and let me draw my
breath!" G. McALLISTER.
A Cheer for the Fire Ladies'
To the Editor OF The Star:
For the first time have had personal
experience with a fire, and it is with
pleasure that I applaud the work OF
the District Fire Department. The fire
was on the fourth floor of small apart
ment house, January 81.
Never have seen such quiet efficiency
in an emergency. The firemen were
positively gracious. Not once did they
shout, not once did they appear annoyed
by tenants cluttering the halls and steps
asking questions. The work went on
steadily, rapidly and successfully.
Possibly, the greatest surprise OF all
was the care with which. the debris
was cleaned up and removed; The
firemen came armed with brooms mops
and trash cans.
We, indeed, are fortunate to have such
a splendid organization in the much
maligned District of Columbia.
MISS MARION BLOOM.
Protests Rock Greek Violation
To the Editor Of The Star:
realize the need for big new hos
pital center in Washington, but I want
to protest the building of such center
in Rock Creek Park. This is one OF
the most beautiful parks in the world
and the people OF Washington take
great pride and joy in it. Any attempt
to encroach on it should be prevented.
The tenement areas are an eyesore
in midtown; why not build in such
areas and improve the city?
MARGARET K. UNGER.
Appraises Juvenile Delinquency
To the Editor o. The Star:
Lots of space is devoted to talk about
juvenile delinquency, but why don't in
fluentlal people do something about it?
The police tell us it is hard to get con-
viction in the Juvenile Court and when
there is, the offender, who may be Is
years old and a desperate in his own
right, merely is paroled in the custody
of delinquent parents, who should have
raised the child better. That is the
police alibi. Citizens are led to be-
lieve that court procedure is but
farce and is no remedy.
So here we are and what are we
going to do about 1t? Parents won't
discipline. Courts won't punish. Vicious
men up to 80 are called youths" Yet
in the States they are men, who can
vote, marry and hold Office. Correspond
ingly, those under 81 and over Is are
called children" although perfectly