CALENDAR REFORM.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17986, 3 April 1930, Page 10

CALENDAR REFORM.

FAVOURED IN AMERICA. A REFERENDUM TAKEN. The movement to reform the calendar has scored a signal victory in the United States as a result of the referendum on the question recently completed by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States among its 2000member Chambers and Trade Associations. Three recommendations of the Chamber’s Committee on Calendar Reform were submitted, and the vote with the following results was officially announced on December 7, after completion of the final canvass:— 1. The committee recommends that the present calendar should be so changed that there will he greater comparability in business records for periods from year to year—lsßo votes in favour, 1197 votes opposed. 2. The committee recommends that the form w'hich changes in the calendar should take should be determined through international conferences—--1831 votes in favour, 902 A opposed. 3. The committee recommends that the Government of the. United States should perticipate in an international conference to determine the form of changes to be made in the calendar—--1905J votes in favour, 885 votes opposed. As will be seen by the above, the ffrst proposition received a substantial majority and the second and third majorities of tw'O-thirds. Under the rules of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States governing referendum, the Chamber is committed to the second and third recommendations because of having received the necessary two-thirds majority. While it is unable to take an official position on the first recommendation, the leaders of the calendar reform movement in the United States point to an analysis of the vote which shows that while many were not decided on the question of changing the calendar, nevertheless they cast their votes in favour\of an international conference to consider the question.