The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-13
REVENUE REVISION
 MUST COME FIRST,
 DECLARES MONDELL
Suggests Simple Anti-Dump- ing Provision Instead of Any Emergency Tariff
 Legislation
By Associated Press

Washington, March 12-After a con ference with President Harding, Repre- sentative Mondell, republican leader or the House, in outlining today the probable programme and policy of the new Con- gress, declared revenue revision iegisla- tion should be considered ahead of any temporary or stop-gap tariff.
 MT. Mondell held that enactment of a temporary tariff law, along the lines Of the Payne-Aldrich measure, would re- quire as much time as would be neces- sary to pass a permanent tariff.
 If the country demands relief and an emergency law the republican leader suggested that this be confined to sim- pie ant-dumping provision, and possibly an amendment to the present law oaslng rates on American rather than foreign values. In this way, he contended, sucn a measure might save the situation dur ing the long congressional consideration of a permanent law.
 THE IMPORTANT THING
 How to tackle the allied questions or tariff and revenue is the important thing" Mir Mondell said. "It had been suggested in certain quarters that II would be wise to take up some measure, for instance the Payne-Aldrich bill, moo- ify a few of it's provisions, such as schedule K but continuing it as it was, and pass it as a purely temporary ana emergency stop-gap tariff measure. The suggested programme would be to follow that with revenue legislation and then a permanent tariff bill which might not become law until the regular session.
 Personally, 1 am somewhat doubtfu of the wisdom of that policy. If It were possible to take the Payne-Aldrich Dill and with few changes pass it speedily so that it would be on the statute book in six weeks or two months. l think l might perhaps be wise to do 1t.
 HAS GRAVE DOUBTS
 .But l have grave doubts as to whethe this can be done. 1 am not at all cer tain that such bill thus introduces would not, when it reached the Senate he opened up for great variety O amendments, delayed for considerapi time in it's passage so that instead securing what is suggested-prompt ac ton on a temporary bill-we might in stead find the Congress considering 10 months a measure which. starting as temporary measure, might finally come U be considered as a permanent measur and entirely made over It would thu
 
 is the only real virtue of a temporar! measure. We would also lose in wha would become the permanent tariff Dill the benefit of starting the bill as per nlanent measure rather than as a tempo rary one.
 TARIFF BILL NEEDED
 q realize the importance of getting tariff bill on the statute books at tn very earliest moment, and If l felt Una we could introduce. pass and have signe very promptly temporary measure. would be glad to favor it, even thoug it were not an ideal tariff bill. But hay ing serious doubts that this could be ac complished I am inclined to the opinlo that the ways and means commitle should get to work at once on perma nent tariff measure.
 Tn the meantime they should submit and we should pass through the Hous such revision of the revenue laws a seems wise. The Senate would then D occupied in consideration of the revenu bill while the House committee was con eIuding the preparation of permanen tariff bill.
 If we pursue this course we shoul be able to put through revision Of tn