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Show mm ii HAL SOUGHT Utah Among States Where Movement Is Permanently Perma-nently Organized. NEW YORK. Nov. 25. Surveys by I chambers of commerce and industrial organizations or-ganizations are in progress in sixteen states to ascertain public sentiment re- rarding a continuation of dayiignt sa-ng. sa-ng. and the campaign will be extended :hroughout the country before next April, iccord.ng to Marcus M. Marks, president )f the National Daylight Saving association. associa-tion. The states where the movement is un-Jer un-Jer way for permanently exchanging "an hour of night for an hour of light" are Massachusetts, New Jersey. Delaware, Pennsylvania. Maryland. Virginia. Tennessee. Ten-nessee. Illinois, Ohio, Michigan. Wiscon-son. Wiscon-son. Colorado, Utah, Connecticut, Minnesota Minne-sota and Kentucky. Proponents of the idea in Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, JS00 manufacturers belonging to the Associated Industries of the state, who are making the survey there, according to Mr. Marks, reported mat a bill would be introduced in the next legislature, which meets In January, and that "It would be supported by a majority In both the senate and house." New York state for two years has had a daylight saving law on its statute books, and, Mr. Marks said, any effort to repeal it would be hopeless, without the help of legislators from New York and Buffalo, most of whom, he said, had been found in favor of the law. At present the months for davlight saving in New York conform con-form to the bid federal statute, from j March to October. To have the law u.-.i- j form. Mr. Marks said, an amendment will be introduced changing the time from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday In September. The New York board of aldermen's recent action In passing a daylight day-light saving ordinance, it was said, had I Impelled other cities to take similar steps, j "Fifteen of the eighteen mayors of Connecticut." Con-necticut." continued Mr. Marks, "recently voted unanimously at a conference in New Haven to initiate campaigns In their cities at once for daylight saving. Hartford Hart-ford previously had biased the trail by adopting an ordinance which will be in effect the last Sunday of April next year. Plainfleld. N. J.. has taken similar action. ac-tion. In Baltimore. Md.. a referendum vote showed that five out of six were in favor of It. Cincinnati has adopted it. so has St. Joseph. Mich., and we are getting encouraging reports from Hoboken. Jersey City, Paterson, Trenton and Camden, N. J.; Wilmington. DeL; Philadelphia. Scran-ton Scran-ton and Pittsburg. Pa.; Richmond. Va.: Chattanooga and Memphis. Tetuu: Chicago. Chi-cago. Minneapolis. St. Paul. Denver. Salt Lake City. Milwaukee. Louisville and Lexington. Ky. "It was the intention of the National Daylight Saving association, following the repeal of the federal law." said Mr. Marks, "to conf'ne Its elforts this year to the eastern time lone, but so many cities and :ov:.s ('.-- where have registered such an emphati, protest against the repeal that we are Including the entire country In our movement. " |