Not until 1907 was the idea

Not until 1907 was the idea revived, this rime by an Englishman. William Willett advocated that clocks be advanced 80 minutes in summet “While daylight surrounds us, he said, “cheerfulness reigns, anxieties press less heavily and courage is bred for the struggle of life." This time it was London’s turn to laugh down the suggestion. A respect ed astronomer thundered: “The only people who- have shiftly time are savages." But Willett got the support of Winston Churchill, whowas serving as Home Secretary. Later, during the pressure created by World War I, Britain--as well as Germany— adopted fast time to conserve power and fuel. Today many European countries, from Iceland to Italy, have daylight saving time. “Willett’s American counter part was Robert Garland of Pittsburgh. Crusading for day light time, Garland declared that only man, of all living things, “is so stupid as to deprive himself of an extra hour of sun by sticking to a rigid system of time." The first U. S. law, passed in March 1918, lasted only two years. Farmers, who said their cows gave milk an hour after the milk trains passed led the movement for repeal. Daylight time did not return to the Nation as a whole until World War II. Again repealed after the war, it has since spread to almost all large cities and over many entire states.