Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
TARIFF BILL DEATH
BY DELAY IS SEEN
Republicans Worries In
crease With 10 Schedules
and 40 Days Left.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The task of getting the tariff bill out
of the way before the special session
ends in December appeared increasingly
hopeless today to many Senators.
Numerous controversies. some of
which, like that over sugar imposts.
are expected to consume a week or
more, are certain to grow out of the
rate schedules. And with only 40 legis-
lative days left for the special session
to continue, the rate schedules-16 of
them-havent been reached yet
A dozen or naore individual amend
ments, to be disposed of before the
rates can be taken up, still confronted
the chamber today. Although the issue
of Philippines independence was out of
the way, leaders saw several probable
obstacles to further delay in reaching
the rate schedules.
Coalition Is Talked.
There is talk of move by the coali-
ton of Democrats and independent Re-
publicans, which has repeatedly de-
feated the regular Republicans on the
flexible tariff policy and lesser issues,
to move to dispense with the regular
order and take up the agriculture
schedule first
BY bringing the farm rates to the
fore the coalition would be able to sup
port as many increases i'll that schedule
as its members desire and then TO
oppose industrial increases generally
afterward.
Republican leaders, however have in
dictated they would combat such move
as in violation of the unanimous con-
sent agreement to consider the Sched-
ules in their numerical turn, agricul-
ture being seventh.
A move to bring the export deben-
ture farm relief issue into debate be-
fore the rate schedules are reached
also is regarded as a possibility that
that could easily cause more or less
delay. Another is the proposal of Sem
ator Thomas, Democrat of Oklahoma,
10 send the bill back to the finance
committee with instructions to limit
revision to agricultural products.
Robinson Repeats Stand.
With pressure for time becoming in
creasingly apparent, Senator Robinson
of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, has
reiterated minority party assertions
that the fault will lie with the adj
ministration" If a tariff bill is not
enated during the special session.
The Republican leadership, though
taking quite a different view. are not
optimistic that a bill will be passed
Their worries are increased by the
thought that the President might not
approve of continuing tariff revision
into the regular session, and that this
would mean no tariff revision at all.
The effort of Senator Cutting, Repub-
lican, of New Mexico to strike cut the
provision restricting importations of
literature was the unfinished business
for immediate consideration today.
AS the vote approaches the rate
schedules. which leaders of the coalition
group desire to control, Republican
regulars are expressing optimism.
Though numerous interpretations were
given a vote which brought defeat to
the group, AZ to 81, in an attempt to
eliminate a provision in existing law
permitting manufacturers to protest ap-
praisalS and claSsif1cations of imported
goods and intervene in the courts in
such cases, Republicans felt it showed
conclusively that the coalition could not
hold together always
But even If they succeed in pushing
the rate schedules through in the short
time remaining they recognize that a
week or more will be consumed in the
effort to adjust differences between the
House and Senate.