Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
HOOVER MUST LOOK
TO HOUSE SUPPORT
Lower Legislative Body Only
Hope in Fight to Retain
Flexible Tariff Plan.
BY the Associated Press.


President Hoover again must look to
the House for support in obtaining
legislation he desires, this time on the
flexible tariff issue.
Having overriden the Presidents de-
sire for continuance of the flexible tariff
policy virtually as it is now, Al to AZ, the
leaders Of the Democratic Republican
independent coalition in the Senate.
meanwhile, felt sure that they had, and
could retain, control of the chamber
and write a tariff bill to their liking
The vote, they recalled, was virtually
the same as that by which they twice
wrote the export debenture plan into
the farm bill over the Presidents OBJ
jections. and they expressed confidence
that they could sustain their determine
ton to confine the tariff revision to
agricultural commodities and not permit
the numerous rate increases proposed
in the industrial schedules.
Expect Vote Change.
The Republican regulars, however.
were equally confident that the lineup
which voted to take from the Chief
Executive his power to change tariff
rates after investigation by the Tariff
Commission, would be broken as the
various rate sections OF the bill come
to vote. Many members of the group
have reserved the right to vote as they
please on proposed rate changes, and
the regulars believe a number will vote
for industrial rate increases affecting
the interests of their own constituent
cies.
Under the flexible provisions written
| into the bill by the Senate coalition,
Congress would be given sole power to
act upon the recommendations of the
I Tariff Commission. but would be re-
stricted on such occasions to consid-
Grafton of the rate or rates specified,
so as to prevent frequent attempts at
! general revision.
The ballot was taken at the end of
seven days of debate and after Presi-
/ dent Hoover in public statement de-
clared in favor Of retention Of this au-
| tflority in the hands of the Chief Ex-
| ecutive.
! Hardly had the Senate time to catch
| II breath before it was confronted with
another highly controversial proposal
! affecting the administrative sections OF
the bill.
| Value Recommendation
Chairman Smoot announced he would
| bring up the committee amendments
F! proposing the conversion within two
! years of all the ad valorem dutits in
the bill to a basis Of United States
! value-the value of imported goods
Wnen OHeTeO LOT safe III principal uO-
nestle markets in wholesale lots-to
| supplant the present basis of foreign
value
! Despite the Senate vote on the hexi-
! BILE tariff issue. President Hoover's
| friends in Congress we're confident that
the House, which passed the bill, 264
! to lat, would insist upon continuance
of the flexible policy. Democratic lead
! ers, on the other hand, predicted that
! their substitute would win strong. II
j not ma jority support in that chamber.
! Few members of the House were on
hand TO substantiate or deny either
! opinion.
I Political observers meanwhile we're
! left wondering what influence the ap-
| parently close organization of North
| western Republicans would have on the
! future political situation. The CLEAVAGE
! disclosed in the Republican ranks over
| President Hoover's two principal leg1s-
{ lative proposals Is recognized as the
deepest in years.
The political significance of this di-
vision is regarded as intensified because
of the active leadership of Senator
| Borah Of Idaho He was perhaps Mr..
, Hoovers most prominent campaigner
preceding last years election. All OF
i the Republican independents, with the
exception of Senator Norris OF Ne
! braska, in fact. were more or less on
the Hoover firing line throughout that
! campaign.
- Against Proposal.
; The group represents almost . solid
! lineup of the Northwestern agricultural
States. Besides Senators Borah and
Norris, the following voted yesterday
against the Hoover flexible tariff pro-
posal: Howell, Nebraska: Brookhart,
Iowa; Frazier and Nye, North Dakota;
McMaster, South Dakota; Schall, Min
nesota; La Toilette and Blaine, Wis
consin: johnson, California; Pine,
Oklahoma, and Cutting, New Mexico.
In addition. Senator Norbeck OF South
| Dakota was paired with this group.
The roll call for the new plan was:
Republicans-Blain Borah, Brook
hart. Cutting. Frazier, Howell. johnson,
La Toilette, McMaster. Norris, Nye, Pine
and Schall. Total, 10.
Blease, Bratton, Brock, Caraway, Con-
nally. Copeland, Dill, George, Glass.
Harris, Harrison, Hayden, Helm, Ken
dirck King, Mcclellan, Overman, Pitt
man, Robinson OF Arkansas, Sheppard,
Simmons, Smith. Stephens. Swanson,
Thomas of Oklahoma. Trammell, Ty-
dings. Wagner, Walsh OF Massachusetts,,
Walsh of Montana and Wheeler. Total,
! "a
Total for. Al.
Against the PLAN
Democrats-Broussard. Fletcher, Rams
! dell and Steck-4.
Republicans-Allen.B Bingham. Capper,
| Couzens, Dale, Deneen, Edge, Fess,
| Gillett, Glenn, Golf, Goldsborough.
| Could Greene, Hale. Hastings, Hat
| field, Herbert, Jones. Kean. Keyes,
McNary, Metcalf. Moses. Patterson,
Phipps, Reed. Robinson of Indiana.
Shortridge. Smoot. Steiwer. Thomas of
Idaho. Townsend. Vandenberg. Walcott.
Warren. Waterman and Watson. Total,
80.
Total against, ~.
The six Senators not voting were
paired:
Halves. Democrat; Norbeck Republic
can, and Shipstead, Farmer Labor, for
the proposal; Burton, Oddie and
Sackett, all Republicans, against.