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Show WEIGHTY PROBLEM With socialism agitation, business depression, unemployment and drought victims on the hands of the American people, it is entertaining en-tertaining to learn that a group of serene souls in New York have nothing more serious to concern them than changing the established estab-lished calendar. We have heard various murmurs from that direction di-rection for sdme time but have failed to take them seriously and inform ourselves on the nature of the contemplated changes until we received the following letter this morning: "An International Conference on Calendar Simplification Simplifi-cation was placed on the agenda of the next General Conference on Communications and Transit, by the Assembly As-sembly of the League of Nations, meeting this fall, with the United States participating, ,to take definite action to secure calendar improvement. "In the United States there are two major plans under un-der consideration,- the International Fixed Calendar which proposes a thirteen-month-year, and The World Calendar which proposes a twelve-month-year. The Swiss Plan" favored in Europe and The World Calendar are fundamentally the same, as the halves and quarters are equalized and a perpetual calendar is effected in each; the arrangement with the quarters is different. "During the coming months, there will be current discussion concerning the Calendar." From! other information in the letter we gather that these people who want to re-number our days call themselves "The World Calendar Association," that they are incorporated, have an office on Madison Avenue, a cabale address, a president and secretary secre-tary treasurer, both ladies, and that they are quite serious in their endeavors. We have written for further information on their world calendar and shall reserve editorial comment until we are better informed on the details of the plan. t Meanwhile, we can say with conviction that if there must be a calendar change, we look on the World Calendar as the lesser of two evils. The International Fixed Calendar would not improve the lot of the unemployed by imposing on them thirteen rent days a year. . ' i i |
