Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
SPEED ON TARIFF
TO Be WATCHWORD
Party Leaders Hope to Put
Measure Through at
Special Session.
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
The Senate lost another day in its
consideration of the tariff bill yesterday,
but assurances were given by party
leaders before they departed for various
sports attractions that from now on
expedition would be the watchword to
get the measure through at the special
session.
President Hoover hopes this can be
accomplished, but leaders of his party
in the Senate differ as to the prospects.
Chairman Smoot of the finance COM
mittee assured the President at White
House conference yesterday there still
was a chance Of the issue being dis
posed of by the Senate by November
20, provided dilatory tactics we're not
INDUCED in by the coalition opponents.
Date Put In January.
Only Friday Senator Watson of In
diana. the majority leader, informed
the Executive that congressional action
could not possibly be completed before
the first of January considering that
the Senate has yet to act on a single
rate. 81:
After leaving the White House Sen
ator Smoot arranged for a conference
over the week end with Senator Rob-
inSon of Arkansas, the minority leader
in an effort to arrive at some agreement
looking to speeding up Of debate.
Senators Robinson and Simmons of
North Carolina, the ranking minority
member of the finance committee, re-
iterated their pledge to the Repub-
licanS that they would do all they could
to obtain early final action on the bill
provided ample time was allowed to dis
cuSS major rates.
That the Senate machinery would be
working more smoothly when the rate
schedules are reached was indicated by
Senator Norris of Nebraska, one Of the
Republican independent leaders who,
with the Democrats, are uniting in OPP
posing regular Republican amendments
to the administrative provisions.
May Shorten Debate.
The Nebraskan said the issues then
would be more clear cut and debate
need not be prolonged. He also indi-
Gated that the Western Republicans, as
we'll as the Democrats. probably would
break away from the coalition on many
ton Republican claims that the COM
bination could not hold its lines where
Senators are interested In o particular
duty.
Although nearly two dozen individual
amendments to the administrative pro-
visions remain to be acted upon before
rates are reached assurances were
given by sponsors of the export deben-
ture plan as a rider to the tariff bill
that this would not no brought out per-
hapS until the schedules are out
of the way. 900 : had been indica-
tons t""t - debenture proposition
might be injected into the contest over
the administrative features.
Senator Thomas, Democrat. Okla
homa, still plans to make his motion to
Tecommit the bill with instructions to
limit the proposed revision to agricul-
tural products, and this must be settled
before the Is rate and free list sched-
ules are taken up. Both Democrats and
Republican.-Independ however. be-
lieve there Is little prospect of this pro-
posal carrying now, despite that 1t lost
only by one vote last June when it was
sponsored by Senator Borah, Repub-
liean Idaho. & q E&
: While Senator Smoot believed con-
ferees would be given ample time to
settle differences between the two
houses before the regular session If the
Senate passed the bill by November 20,
Senator Simmons said 1t would be i'm
possible for the conference to act in
the nine legislative days remaining be-
tween November 20 and the first Mon
day in December.