Ramspeck, Hon. Robert, chairman, Committee for Time Uniformity, Redding, Robert E., executive director, Committee for Time Uni- Rosenak, Janice, attorney, Interstate Commerce Commission Saylor, Hon. John P., a Representative in Congress from the State of Shipley, Hon. George E., a Representative in Congress from the State Slichter, Jack M., on behalf of Air Transport Association of America__ Walker, Hon. E. S. Johnny, a Representative in Congress from the Additional material submitted for the record by- Amalgamated Transit Union, letter from John M. Elliott, interna- 44 136 American Trucking Associations, Inc., Common Carrier Conference, Irregular Route, letter from Henry A. S. van Daalen, Jr., executive Association of Oil Pipe Lines, letter from J. D. Durand, general counsel. Association of Stock Exchange Firms, telegram from William E. Brant, Lloyd L., manger, legislative department, Minneapolis Cham- Appendix A-Minneapolis Grain Exchane trading hours Appendix B-Sunrise time in Minneapolis (chart). Central Livestock Association, Inc., letter from N. K. Carnes, general Fraser, Hon. Donald M., a Representative in Congress from the State Freight Forwarders Institute, letter from R. J. Riddick, executive Frost, Hon. Thomas N., member of Virginia State Legislature: Goll, Mrs. Vera, Kenosha, Wis., letter from... Hamm, Theo., Brewing Co., letter from William C. Figge, president - Letter from Richard Cronin, chairman_ Summary of why time conformity is advantageous to Hawaii. Additional material submitted for the record by-Continued Interstate Commerce Commission, recommended legislation as set Jansen Electronics Manufacturing, Inc., letter from Paul W. Jansen, Jansky, Albert, Yuba, Wis., letter from__ Lyon, Carl V., assistant general solicitor, Association of American List of cities and towns observing dayligh saving time (attach- Statement of difficulty being experienced by railroads because of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., letter from Richard E. Morgan. Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade, letter from William H. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Co., letter from Walter J. Rupert, Multi-Clean Products, Inc., letter from E. V. Coulter, president_- National Association of Broadcasters, letter from Vincent T. Wasilew- National Association of Counties, letter from W. W. Dumas, president... 113 115 136 135 138 29 30 31 126 129 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., letter from Robert W. 127 National Association of State Aviation Officials, statement of A. B. 120 National Association of Travel Organizations, statement of William D. 119 National Broadcasting Co., Inc., letter from David C. Adams, senior executive vice president__ 125 National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, letter from L. James Harmanson, Jr., general counsel.. 129 National Industrial Traffic League, letter from L. J. Dorr, executive secretary 128 Northern Pacific Railway Co., letter from Robert S. Macfarlane, president. 31 Pacific Coast Stock Exchange, statement of Thomas P. Phelan, president.. Pacific American Steamship Association, letter from John N. Thurman, vice president... 137 Railway Labor Executives' Association, letter from Donald S. Beattie, executive secretary 137 Reeve, Donald A., St. Paul, Minn., letter from. 139 St. Paul (Minn.) Area Chamber of Commerce: Press release No. 29, February 25, 1965_.. Summary of daylight saving time poll (table). Press release No. 44, April 20, 1965-- Comparison of time in principal cities of United States and Swift & Co., letter from H. F. Morris, general manager- 76 33 28 138 Trice, R. A., vice president, Virginia Stage Lines, Inc., appendix to prepared statement.. 93 336 U.S. Independent Telephone Association: Letter dated April 30, 1965, to Senator Magnuson, chairman, 123 Letter dated February 1, 1966, from William C. Mott, executive Webb Publishing Co., letter from Reuel D. Harmon, president___ Western Union Telegraph Co., letter from K. W. Heberton, vice president.. 124 Whirlpool Corp., letter from J. F. Bourquin, general manager_ 222 223 29 UNIFORM TIME WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1966 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 2123, Rayburn House Office Building, the Honorable Harley O. Staggers (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. This morning, the committee has before it the long-continuing problem of whether or not the country should have time uniformity. Many persons and organizations in the fields of industry, finance, transportation, and commerce have been concerned with this subject over the years. Actually, I have found as we have considered this subject in previous Congresses, that it is one which raises definite views in each citizen with whom one talks. Unfortunately, the views from one individual to another have not been compatible. Therefore, this problem has been under debate and consideration for many years. Now, it is hoped that we can reconcile the various views and enact legislation which will work to the benefit of the greatest number. I believe that we can. The bills before us this morning total 17. Four of these, H.R. 76, H.R. 1581, H.R. 7167, and S. 1404-which passed the Senate in June of the last session-are dissimilar from the remainder in one respect or another. H.R. 3385, H.R. 6134, H.R. 8394, H.R. 9023, H.R. 9066, and H.R. 9152, comprise a group of identical bills. H.R. 2424, 5055 and 10573 are another group. And H.R. 6481, 6785, 7867, and 11743 make a third group of identical bills. I understand that several of our colleagues who are not on the committee wish to give testimony on this important subject. We will hear from them first; then we will proceed with the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Honorable John W. Bush, and then we will hear from all of the other interested organizations and individuals. At this point in the record I would like to insert the bills which are pending before the committee and the departmental reports on these bills. (The material referred to follows:) [H.R. 76, 89th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To establish daylight saving time uniformly throughout the United States time zones each year, to make such time the only legal time during the period it is in effect, and to provide additional time zones for the States of Alaska and Hawaii Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Act entitled "An Act to save daylight and to provide standard time for the United States", approved March 19, 1918, as amended (40 Stat. 450; 15 U.S.C. 261–264), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: "SEC. 6. (a) During the period commencing at 2 o'clock antemeridian on the last Sunday of April of each year and ending at 2 o'clock antemeridian on the last Sunday of October of each year, the standard time of each zone shall be advanced one hour. "(b) The standard time of each zone in effect under subsection (a) shall be known and designated as ‘daylight saving time' of such zone, and, during the period prescribed by such subsection, shall be the standard time of such zone for all purposes. "(c) Within the respective zones established under the first section of this Act, the standard time of each zone in effect under subsection (a) of this section shall, during the period prescribed by such subsection, govern "(1) the movement of all common carriers in intrastate commerce, "(2) the time of performance of any act by any officer or department of any State or political subdivision thereof under the laws, ordinances, orders, rules, and regulations of such State or political subdivision, and "(3) the time within which any rights shall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person, under any such law, ordinance, order, rule, or regulation. "(d) No State or political subdivision thereof shall prescribe any time to be observed within such State or such political subdivision, as the case may be, during the period prescribed by subsection (a) which is in conflict with the provisions of this section. Nor shall any State or political subdivision thereof prescribe daylight saving time or any other advanced time to be observed within such State or such political subdivision, as the case may be, during any period other than the period prescribed by subsection (a). "SEC. 7. (a) If any person fails or refuses to comply with any provision of section 6 of this Act or with any rule, regulation, requirement, or order thereunder, the Interstate Commerce Commission or its duly authorized agent may apply to the district court of the United States for the district in which such failure or refusal occurs, or in which such person is found, for the enforcement of such provision or of such rule, regulation, requirement, or order. Such court shall have jurisdiction to enforce compliance therewith by injunction or by other process, mandatory or otherwise, restraining such person, or the officers, agents, employees, and representatives of such person, from further failure or refusal to comply with such provision or with such rule, regulation, requirement, or order, and requiring compliance herewith. "(b) Any person who fails or refuses to comply with any provision of section 6 of this Act or with any rule, regulation, requirement, or order thereunder shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $200 for each such failure or refusal, and, in the case of a continuing failure or refusal, not to exceed $100 for each additional day during which such failure or refusal continues. All forfeitures provided for in this subsection shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States and shall be recoverable in a civil action by the Interstate Commerce Commission, or its duly authorized agent, brought in the district where such failure or refusal occurs or where such person is found. All process in any such action may be served in the district in which such person resides or in which such person is found. "(c) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of section 6 of this Act or any rule, regulation, requirement, or order thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 for each violation. Each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. "(d) The Interstate Commerce Commission shall execute and enforce the provisions of section 6 and this section of this Act. Upon the request of the Commission, it shall be the duty of any United States attorney to whom the Commission may apply to institute in the proper court, and to prosecute under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, all necessary proceedings for the enforcement of the provisions of section 6 of this Act and of the rules, regulations. requirements, or orders thereunder, and for the punishment of all violations thereof. The cost and expenses of any such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriations for the expenses of the courts of the United States." |