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V 20 21 21 23 22 23 24 2 2 1 2 2 22 23 25 17 10 19 2 22 23 29 30 31 26 v 2 8 29 30 as 21 2 34 Y TA DAY deamber 29 DAY dars halate h cieli lieli 7 M amod saturday nm h t by ELMO SCOTT WATSON NEW HEW YEAR TEAR Is at hand bringing with it new problems to be faced new ideas to be considered and new opportunities to be grasped or let slip will the new year see definite steps taken toward the adoption of a new calendar that schedule by which mankind arranges his affairs over la in geneva switzerland an international conference Is L being held under the auspices of the league of 0 nations to wrestle restle with the perplexing problem of calendar reform because it Is felt that our present system of reckoning the days of the year with its annoying irregularities and its shifting days has outlived its usefulness and Is hampering human progress this conference is participated in by representatives of both members and non mem hers bers of the league of nations and should the representatives be able to agree on a new calendar the next step will be the signing of a treaty which will require separate ratification by the different governments before the treaty becomes a law in each country 1 it to Is the hope of the proponents of calendar reform that such a treaty and its ratification be secured this year so BO that calendar revision may become effective on january 1 1933 which falls on a sunday if this hope Is not realized calendar reform probably will be delayed six years for a new year does not start on a sunday again until 1939 so far more than proposals tor for calendar change have been submitted to the league of nations but many of them are absurd on the face of them and others are too complicated or too revolutionary to have much chance for serious consideration from present appearances appearance the contest between all the different proposals seems to have simmered down dovin to two plans and it Is upon the merits of these two that the delegates to the conference will pass in making their decision one obe Is the proposal for an international fixed calendar commonly referred to as athe the 13 month plan and the other Is the world calendar a revised 12 month plan the 13 month plan Is the device of moses B cotsworth an englishman who made calendar revision a subject of his study tor for many years during the coolidge administration a national committee on calendar simplification was appointed pointed at the request of the league of nation to inquire into american sentiment on calendar reform this committee of which george eastman bastman millionaire manufacturer of rochester N Y is chairman made a survey and reported that a large and representative body of american opt opinion rilon da particularly the business interests recognizes the grave defects of the present calendar and demands a new calendar preferably one of 13 months although the committee does not cot recommend that the american delegates to the league of nations conference be committed to any one plan mr L eastman astman has been the leading proponent la in this country country of the 13 month plan which to dut it briefly rould slake hake every month consist of four weeks slake make every year consist 0 of 13 months ot of 28 23 days each the additional month should come between june and july and be called sol every year ear there will be one day left over and this Is ta fo be considered apart possibly as a kind of international holiday every four years leap year there will be another day to be disposed of in a similar manner the proposal of this plan has brought forth the following arguments in its favor all months hae the same number of work days saturdays and sundays and are directly comparable each month has the same number of whole weeks fractions of weeks at mouth month ends are eliminated the shifting of weekday week day names to different dates in every succeeding year and month is avoided the fixing of permanent dates for public meetings court SeSSI sessions educational schedules etc would be facilitated periods of earning and spending would be coordinated family and business budgeting would be simplified 0 all months would be comparable without any adjustments being necessary tor for unequal number of days or weeks split week payrolls would be avoided A great amount of clerical work would be eliminated and expense saved la in the preparation of accounting and statistical reports in business government scientific health and home affairs As there would be 13 monthly settlements during the year there would be a faster turnover of money the same bame business could be handled with less money holidays would always occur on the same weekday for the interest of both industry and workers or kers it has hag been advocated that irrespective spec tive of where the anniversary dates fall in the week the holiday itself be transferred to monday as now when it falls on sunday the anniversary dates not being befog changed the 13 mouth month plan would revise the calendar scientifically completely and permanently the arguments which have been advanced against the 13 month calendar are these the number IS 13 Is not divisible by 2 3 4 or 6 the quarters of the 13 months year do not contain a whole number of months there would be 13 business bu Iness closings instead of IZ 12 involving increased borik bookkeeping keeping in general a greater number of 0 adjustments in comparing past statistics and dates would be required than in the 12 month system the introduction of a year of 13 months implies comprehensive change in long established customs superstitious regard tor for friday the oc curing every month Is difficult to overcome it interrupts once a year and twice in leap years the regular occurrence of the fth day sunday or sabbath day of rest there would be complications and expense involved in calendar change believing that the international fixed calendar or the 13 month plan Is too extreme for nation al and international adoption a group of americans icons organized as the world calendar association have offered the world calendar plan a revised 12 month device in its behalf they advance these 12 points I 1 1 the world calendar regulates the 12 month year it is balanced in structure perpetual in form 2 all holidays are stabilized and placed on monday whenever vili enever possible christmas remains the same as it naturally falls on monday december 3 religious customs are respected and upheld with easter falling regularly on an established date 4 astronomical conditions are recognized it acknowledges the importance of the solar year over the lunar cycles 5 the quarterly divisions of the year conform to the four seasons as they do now this Is important for agriculture and certain seasonable businesses 6 the 12 months are multiples of halves and quarters the equal quarters consist of 3 months the first month has 31 days dayi the remaining two have 30 days these quarters also comprise 13 weeks or 91 days of which 18 13 days are sundays and 78 are week days each month has 26 week days sunday Is always the first day of the week whereby the continuity of the week Is maintained 7 the odd day of the year Is interpolated between december and january the day of leap year Is set between june and july these days are known at as year day and leap day and have a weekday week day name saturday they tall fall on the second day of the double saturday the last day of December and june year day and leap day are designated as the second saturday december and the second saturday june with the year date following 8 january alst 1st and july fall on sunday the first day of the week aeck and wandering sunday Is avoided A regular rest day every week Is vital for the welfare of humanity 9 only seven days daya are changed two days the and soab in february are added the day of march Is taken away to april Is given a day the days of may and august are eliminated and the seventh day the day of december 0 Is converted to year day an extra day the second saturday december 10 the 12 month monib calendar Is an economic saving it does not cot add to existing expenses neither does it call for an increase to in labor A chance of injustice through unnecessary trac frac eions Is avoided all phases of living are no not it subordinated to commerce 11 this calendar which Is regular in its lt system contains a certain variety within each quarter division of the year thus it avoids the cut and dried method of a fixed mechanical plan by riving giving it a flexible regularity this gives life to its structure 12 in the world calendar the revisions are few there are no drastic reforms and the transition into the new order is made easy by the retention of the twelve months 0 by br western union |