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A Petition for a Sunday Law

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 8, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 19.

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A Petition for a Sunday Law

A SHORT time ago announcement was made in the Editorial department of the REVIEW to the effect that an old ordinance requiring barber shops in the city of Washington to be closed on Sunday had been declared void by Judge Pugh, of the city police court. Very soon after this a petition, with the names of 210 barbers attached, was presented to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, asking that they draft and submit to Congress a bill requiring all barber shops in the District of Columbia to be closed on Sunday. Application was at once made in behalf of the Religious Liberty Association for a hearing, at which opportunity should be given for presenting objections against the enactment of the proposed legislation. The request for a hearing was readily granted, and the hearing was held on Tuesday, April 29. Others besides representatives of the Religious Liberty Association were present and opposed granting the petition. A report of the hearing will be given next week.