Evening star., 1951-04-10
House Vote Due
Today on D. {.
Daylight Saving
Roll Coll Delayed
By Extended Debate
On Seasonal Bill
By Harold B. Rogers

| By Harold B. Rogers
| Action on Washington daylight
saving time was scheduled today in
the House.
A roll call vote was postponed
from yesterday after extended de-
bate in the annual controversy be-
tween proponents and opponents
of the legislation.
If the House followed the ex.
Iperience of each year since war
time daylight saving came to an
end, it would pass the bill to au-
thorize District Commissioners to
establish fast time this summer
only.
The measure approved by the
House District Committee would
authorize the city heads to make
daylight saving time effective
from the last Sunday in April to
the last Sunday in September.
Leaves Action to ID. C.
Such bill is only permissive it
was brought out during debate,
but the city heads always have
proclaimed daylight saving time
when Congress gave them the
authority.
Should the House approve the
measure and send it to the Senate,
the Senate District Committee
would consider whether to recon-
mend passage of the House bill
for one year only, or the pending
Senate bill giving the city heads
permanent fast time authority each
year in the future.
The Senate bill for permanent
authority already has been ap-
proved by its District Committee
there, and sent to the Senate
calendar to await action.
A bitter fight to prevent the
House from approving fast time
was waged on the floor yesterday.
as opponents demanded the bill be
killed so the District could lead
other cities to return to standard
time.
Proponents, however, strongly
urged passage again this year Of
the permissive legislation to put
the District in line again with
other large cities. particularly
those along the Eastern Seaboard.
Mcmillan Personally Opposed.
Calling the House bill up for
action, Chairman Mcmillan OF the
District Committee said he per-
sonally was opposed to daylight
saving time, but would not attempt
Ito block House action.
Iead-of speaker for the pro-
ponents was Representative. Klein.
Democrat, of New York, sponsor
lof the measure. He said the con-
trolling factor should be what do
the people of the District want?"
Congress, he declared, should not
try to force upon people here
what constituents in the States
! want.
Emphasizing that he had tried
to get committee approval for per-
manent authority, he asserted it
was "sad commentary that we
have to waste money and time
each year bn this issue"
Caustic in his attack on the
measure, Representative Miller,
Republican. of Nebraska asked
what "our boys sweating and
bleeding and dying in Korea"
would think of the proposal to
give Washington another hour
of pleasure to play around"
DR.. Miller, a physician, took
exception to newspaper "phony"
polls, for daylight time. and to
editorials which poke fun" at op-
ponents of the bill from rural
communities. He said the District
Committee had disregarded pleas
! this year to hold a public. hearing
on the issue. y
i K;lburn for 1t.
Representative Kilburn, Repub-
lican, of New York said he
couldn't see what daylight saving
had to do with the boys in Korea.
"If the people here want it," he
declared, I'm for it."
t Representative Tackett. Demo-
crat. of Arkansas. branded day.
light saving "tlle biggest humbug.
biggest tomfoolery I ever heard
of in my life" Congress, he
charged, was trying to take time
out to change the rotation of the
the world"
will this make the old COW
give milk an hour earlier?" asked
Representative Short, Republican.
of Missouri. amid laughter.
When Representative Edwin Ar
thur Hall, Republican, of New
York, said the District should have
home rule to handle such prob
lens itself, he was asked by a
member whether he was for or
against the bill. Mr.. Hall said he
had voted for it, and also had
voted against it.
Representative Hinshaw, Re-
publican, of California, predicted
the earlier time of reporting for
work during Washington's hot
summer would result in getting
one hour more work out of Gov
ernment employees"
Representative Jones, Democrat,
of Missouri, said he was tired Of
pampering Government workers
who want to make their job
lighter and pay greater" He scored
the bill as a crazy idea.