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August 6th~ 194~ At a called meeting of the City Co~cll, held August 6th, 1941, at 7:0o P. there were present: Leslie T. Fox, George L. Grimes, Russell M. Hall, James N. Howard, Frank D.. Lawrence, C. E. Warren, Pearle J. Wilson and M. E. Haug, City Manager. The following call for the meeting was read: Portsmouth~ Virginia, August 4th, 1941 Gentlemen: Please attend a special meeting of the City Council on Wednesday, August 6th, 1941, at 7:00 P.No, to consider the call of Governor Price on day- light saving. By order of the Acting President. L. C. Brinson, City Clerk. The following telegram was read= "Responding to the urgent appeal of President Roosevelt in the interest of preserving electric power for National Defense, I am issuing daylight savings proclamation for oeriod from August tenth to Septe~Oer twenty eight. Am counting on your full co-operation in the President's Program. Thal~kso ' James H. Price, Govei~nor. Privilege of the floor was granted Er. J. ~. Overton, who oresented the following letter: "It is my considered Judgment and in keening with the urgency of the National Defense Program that daylight s~ving would effect measurable gains in the productive capacity of Norfolk Navy Yard. Should daylight saving be authorized by your honorable body, it would mean one more hour on the second ds~light shift. Therefore, I ~m hopeful ~that the City Council of Portsmouth will authorize the adootion of daylight saving at its meeting tonight and the Retail Merchants of Portsmouth and its environs coooerate to the fullest extent. faithfully, Manley H. Simons, Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy, Commandant Fifth Naval District. "The Portsmouth Retail Merchants Associs~tion unanimously recommend Daylight Saving Time for Portsmouth, and respectfully recommend that the Honorable city Council aporove the request of the Governor of Virgini~ for Daylight Saving Time. We hop~ i~ will be the pleasure of the Council to authorize the Mayor to issue an order calling for observance of Daylight Saving Time for all city employees, and to request al! merchants, banks, industries and all forms of business to put same into effect beginning August lC, 1951 at midnight, and to continue until September 28, 1941 at midnight. We also respectfully request that all clocks and time nieces be set forward one hour beginning at the time mentioned above-and to continue through the period endi.ng September 28, 1941. Respectfully submitted, Retail Merchants Association, J. A. Wilkins,. President.