Obligatory link to previous attempt (1973) to make DST permanent: https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/31/archives/schools-ask-end-to-daylight-time-pressure-follows

Obligatory link to previous attempt (1973) to make DST permanent: https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/31/archives/schools-ask-end-to-daylight-time-pressure-follows-success-in-easing.html https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/31/archives/schools-ask-end-... TLDR: schools asked to reinstate DST because more school children were killed in accidents walking to school in the dark that year.