Should holidays relating to national heritage be arranged on Mondays. as at present, to facilitate threeday weekends for public convenience – or he observed on their traditional dates? That issue is posed by new legislation to return three such holidays to their original dates. The bill. introduced bv Sen. Jennings Randolph. DW.Va., would return to their traditional dates George Washington’s Birthday, Feb. 22; Memorial Day. May 30: and Columbus Day. Oct. l2. “lt was for the sake of convenience that the special Monday holiday legislation was created in 1968 bv enactment of Public Law 90-B63,” said Randolph. “I believe my proposal would restore traditional values to our way of life,” Randolph said he is not against three-day weekends. “These can be preserved. but let us not use our nations most important days as a vehicle of convenience. Special weekends could he called worker holidays.” The senator noted that Veteran’s Day already has been restored to Nov. ll rather than the fourth Monday in October. Congress having recognized the commitment of the nation’s veterans for that move. He introduced in the Senate requests and resolutions from the Disabled American Veterans. American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars urging retum of the federal ho idays. to original dates. Appeals were especially strong in behalf of redesignating Memorial Day for May 30 to honor the military dead from all American wars. “Tampering with this traditional holiday makes a mockery of portions of our American heritage.” said a res lution adopted by the 81s National Convention of the VFW. ow do citizens of the cou try feel about the presen holiday alignment and the yproposal to switch back to ;the original pattern’? Why not let your represenlatives in Washington know in case the new legislation comes up for consideration this year’?