The parade of witnesses appearing before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing April 29 and 30, 1963, and those before the House subcommittee June 18 and August 4, 1964, brought out specifically the facts and numerous figures that daylight saving is costing the Nation in transportation industry. One witness, a Mr. P. M. Roeper gave an excellent analysis in his testimony before both committees and pointed out that H.R. 2335 and H.R. 2532, in the 88th Congress would result in the maximum uniformity, and these bills would carry an even greater economic benefit to the railroads than the $2 million developed in his testimony, this would also apply to all other methods of transportation as well, with the possibility of more millions saved. All these added costs are passed on to the consumer. We have millions here in the United States living in a state of abject poverty while each year we are wasting millions of dollars to provide more time for golf and other leisure-time pursuits, with the current 40-hour week and the possibility of a 30- or 35-hour week in the future with more paid holidays and longer vacations does not warrant this needless waste. We now have some working on a 25-hour week. The bills that have the endorsement of the proponents of daylight saving time before this committee may tend to reduce a small part of this waste, but we will still have daylight saving time to contend with, we will still have schoolchildren standing along the Nation's streets and highways waiting for the schoolbus in the darkness, those living back from the bus stops fumbling their way to bus stops in complete darkness. The thorn that is causing so much confusion and added costs should be completely eliminatedand our Nation will still be divided between standard time and daylight time if any of these bills become a law. The only sensible way to establish order out of the current time chaos across the Nation would be the restoration of standard time by enactment of H.R. 2424. The ICC estimates that 110 million live under daylight time, but that most certainly does not indicate that all of them prefer it, we estimate that a vast majority prefer to live under standard time—a national referendum would soon settle this controversial issue. Adding all the millions of dollars that daylight time has cost the Nation's economy for 47 years, we have quite a sizable sum invested that could exceed a billion dollars just for that extra hour of daylight. Therefore, we strongly support and urge enactment of H.R. 2424 and vigorously oppose any legislation that allows the observance of daylight saving time or the establishment of subzones as our contentions are that the use of either or both will only result in chaos. We respectively request that this statement be included in the record of the hearing. Sincerely, H. H. HORNER, National Chairman. (Whereupon, at 11:58 a.m., the hearing was adjourned.) о IOAN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ACT OF 1966 LAW LIBRARY HEARINGSR 8 1966 BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COMMITTEE OERKELEY INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 12453 A BILL TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT FEBRUARY 15 AND 16, 1966 Serial No. 89-29 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce 59-494 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman WALTER ROGERS, Texas SAMUEL N. FRIEDEL, Maryland JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan HORACE R. KORNEGAY, North Carolina J. J. PICKLE, Texas FRED D. ROONEY, Pennsylvania DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia J. OLIVA HUOT, New Hampshire CHARLES P. FARNSLEY, Kentucky JOHN BELL WILLIAMS, Mississippi WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois W. E. WILLIAMSON, Clerk KENNETH J. PAINTER, Assistant Clerk ANDREW STEVENSON KURT BORCHARDT Professional Staff JAMES M. MENGER, Jr. WILLIAM J. DIXON CONTENTS Page 1 47 1 5445 Donelan, Paul R. M., legislative department, American Medical Fraser, Hon. Donald M., a Representative in Congress from the State Gardner, Hon. John W., Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.. Kerr, Dr. I. Lawrence, representing the American Dental Association Lee, Dr. Philip R., Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, Margulies, Dr. Harold, associate director, international division, McCracken, William P., Jr., Washington counsel, American Optomet- Peterson, Harry N., legislative department, American Medical Pomerantz, Dr. Max M., president, American Association of Colleges Stebbins, Dr. Ernest L., dean, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Taussig, Dr. Helen B., president, American Heart Association___ Additional material submitted for the record by American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, letter from Joseph B. 100 American Association of Dental Schools, statement of, presented by American Dental Association, statement of, presented by Dr. I. American Optometric Association, statement of, presented by Dr. American Public Health Association, statement of.. American Veterinary Medical Association, statement of, submitted by Association of American Medical Colleges, statement of, presented by Association of Schools of Public Health, letter from Dr. Myron E. 65 99 80 |