The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-18
TARIFF BILL GETS CAUGHT IN JAM AS
 II REACHES HOUSE
May Be Sent to Conference, Referred to Ways and Means Committee or Attempt
 Made for Concurrence
By Associated Press

1 Washington. February 1.-The Fordney emergency bill with its bur den of Senate amendments. got back i to the House today, only to get l snagged in legislative jam, leaving l it's immediate future uncertain
 Soon after Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee mad start ed for St. Augustine. Fla, to consult President elect Harding about putting g through a second emergency tariff as a stop gap measure. acting Chairman Green sought to complete the House formalities of sending the first bill to conference Obtaining recognition l just before the House adjourned, Rep resentative Green asked the House to disagree with the Senate amendments and that conference committee be named. Representative Treadway, re- i publican. Massachu setts, failed to give the necessary unanimous consent, and hasty conferences followed. Mir Green sought to get the Massachusetts mem, Der to withhold objection. Failing in that MT. Green enlisted the support of Representative Mondell republican floor leader who also attempted to untangle the situation, but nothing came of it.
 Nj The Fords&Ay hili thus was left over night. with three probabilities, all de,
 pending upon maneuvers of republican leaders It may be sent to confer ance by a vote of the House, referred again to the ways and means committee or an attempt may be made to have the House concur in the Senate amend m ents.
 MT. Treadway declarvd he had op- posed the bill as member of the ways and means committee. and added: WORSE THAN EVER Ut was bad then. It is lot worse
 now, with all of those amendments
 tackled on." gt
 Mir. Treadway was said by several
 members to have expressed to House
 leaders fear that the Presid ant
 might sign that bill and get the whole
 republican party in hole" He also
 was said to have told the leaders that
 he regarded the statements of Senator
 Underwood. minority leader that the
 President would veto the measure "as pure bait" explaining that had the President intended vetoing bills. such
 inspired" statements would not have
 been made.
 As Tor the second emergency meas lure which, if approved by MT Hardns,
 lis so be rushed through the extra ses-
 sion ahead of all other !egisIation. re-
 publican leaders were apparently in accord. It is proposed to make it conn parably to a permanent tariff bill in
 scope and effect, and it's rates. accord
 ins to the programme will be based lon informaton gathered in the hear
 ings just concluded
 The President-elect will be urged to
 lend his support to the proposition on
 the ground that checking of the inns ports through an additional tariff
 would permit revival of American in- dustries now complaining of heavy i'm. portations. and that it also would .n- crease revenue for the treasury. Com mittee memb bers were said to fear that probably nine months would be re- |quired to get permanent tariff through Congress- and that importers would take advantage of the time to pile up surplus stocks.
 The proposed bill. according to the programme. will carry protective pro-
 vision for the importers which. in
 event permanent rates are lower
 would allow the treasury to rebate
 importers the difference in amounts
 paid and assessed under permanent tariff on the same consiRnments