Evening star., 1948-04-28
Daylight Saving Confusion

To the Editor Of The Star:
What a lot Of fuss some people are making
over the question Of the clock-whether to push
it ahead or not to push it!
And who caused all this confusion about the
time anyway? Was 1t not the people who
started monkeying with the clock when they
did not know what they were doing, or what
1t was all about? And how childish it is!
II people want to 60 to work an hour earlier,
why can they not do so without pushing the
clock ahead? Why can they not just get up an
hour earlier start to work an hour earlier, and
go to bed an hour earlier? Pushing the clock
ahead does not add one minute to the length
Of the day, neither does it change the relation
OF the length Of the period of daylight to that
OF night. 1t does not change anything at ali!
Well, here is one nearby resident" who does
not give hoot what you do about the clock
In Washington, or anywhere else. Listen to
this: Last year when you people in Washing
ton pushed your clocks ahead, left mine right
on Standard Time, throughout the summer
and had no trouble at all. Not only that took
. trip to the Middle West, during the summer,
where they normally have their clocks an hour
behind ours. But even there I left my watch
on Eastern Standard Time, during the whole
period that spent in the Middle West (about
a month";, and still had no trouble. When
looked at my watch, knew that the local
time was an hour behind mine. When got
back here, was right on Standard Time here
And when fall came, all of you who had been
playing with the clock had to come back to
my time again, having gained nothing at all.
Why cannot everybody do that? Then you
would not have all this confusion out of which
you make mountain. Are not the people
smart enough to leave the clock alone? They
are merely making confusion for themselves.
EDW. WOLESENSKY.
To the Editor Of The Star:
The cartoon on the front page Of The Sum-
day Star, April rs, was in my estimation the
siliest bit of nonsense ever thought I'd see.
DC, with his golf bag tanning himself! As
If prolonging daylight another hour would
make it cooler. Ye gods! Isn't 8 pm late
enough to wait for darkness without waiting
any longer on hot summer days?
Changing the clock does not change the
number Of hours Of daylight by one second.
1t may be OK. for people who can sit up until
midnight waiting for it to cool of, 80 they
can sleep. I'm referring to those who don't
have to be on the job until am. (banking
hours.
Where work. If man comes struggling in
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he's John D., Henry Ford or one of those guys.
No, I'm not gripping about my job all I
want is enough sleep to do it properly, and
I can't get it in the heat Of the day. Yes you
guessed it. I'm letter carrier.
STANDARD TIMER.
To the Editor Of The STAR
have Just read the editorial entitled Day
light Time Confusion" The only thing in 1t
I can agree with is that Congress should give
the Commissioners Of Washington the right to
decide, but certainly am not in favor Of So
called daylight saving time and doubt, If
the people were given a chance to vote on the
question, that the vote would be in favor of a
change.
If change must be made, it should be
deferred until after the schools close in the
spring. Daylight saving time" only makes
more difficult the problem Of getting children
to bed have four children in school, so I know
something about the problem.
If people want an extra hour Of daylight
of an evening. why not crusade for them to 90
to work an hour earlier and save all the con-
fusion caused by changing the clock an hour?
HARRY E. RADCLIFFE.