Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08
MOTOR MEN AGREE
TOATTEND HEARING
MacauIey Notifies Reed Four
Magnates viii Testify on
Tariff Schedules.
BY the Associated Press.

Four automotive magnates or their Of
fetal representatives, are to appear
Thursday before a Senate finance sub
committee to testify on the tariff sched-
ules on automobiles.
Alvin Macauley, president of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, today notified Senator Reed, Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania chairman of
the subcommittee, that the four auto
mobile manufacturers requested to APP,
pear, would be present or send official
representatives.
The men requested to appear are
Henry Ford, Alfred P. Sloan, jr pres
ident of General Motors; w. C. White,
president of the White Motor Truck
Co, and Mr.. Macauley, who is also pres
ident of the Packard Motor Truck Co.
Senator Reed asked the automobile
manufacturers to appear to give the
subcommittee information with regard
to the 25 per cent ad valorem duty on
automobiles in view of reports that
here was some desire in the industry
20 place automobiles on the free list
Dean Hill of New York, appearing
for the Silk Association of America and
the Klots Throwing Mills, told the sub
committee that the rayon industry must
have added protection sooner or later
cor lock the DOORS
Urging supplemental duties on twisted
rayon yarns to equalize production costs
in this country and abroad, particularly
in japan. France and Italy, Hill asked
DUTY of SO per cent be added to the
as per cent rate on gray yarn if the
yarn were twisted and had over four
turns to the inch. He asked an addi-
tional rate of 20 per cent on dyed yarns
and yarns having four or less turns to
the inch.
Foreign Labor Costs Cited.
ROYAL Little of the Franklin Rayon
Corporation of Providence, r. l., speak
ing for the Rayon Yarn Association,
recommended protection for the dyers
and Converters of yarns through diff
ferential similar to that now accorded
cotton and wool converted yarns.
Labor costs in italy and France for
converting, Little said were about one
sixth of domestic costs.
More than fifty witnesses were called
to testify On rayon and metal rates
at the resumption of hearings.
The administrative provisions of the
House tariff bill, increasing the Chief
Executives power to change import
duties, stood out today as rivaling even
the sugar schedule as a potential source
of prolonged controversy in the Senate.
An organized Democratic effort to
eliminate the flexible provision from
this section of the measure was seen in
the issuance by the Democratic national
committee of a statement by Senator
Simmons of North Carolina, ranking
minority member of the finance COM
mittee. announcing fight to the Bit
ter end against the proposal.
Repeal of Clause Is Sought.
The statement described the flexible
clause, first enacted III 1922, as prop
osition on the part of Congress to sur
render this essentially legislative func-
ton to the executive branch of the
Government" and said it involves
principle fundamental in our repre-
sentative system of Government: name
ly, the right of the people to control the
purse strings through their representa-
tives'' ss
Repeal of the clause through elirnina-
ton Of the flexible provision in the
House bill was sought by Representative
Garner of Texas, ranking Democrat of
the ways and means committee, shortly
before the measure was passed by that
chamber. Lack of unanimity in favor
of it among Republicans was demon
oUIdIeu uuIlIlS Gle pIECeQlIlS CeOdIe
with a vigorous argument against it by
Representative Beck, Republican, of
Pennsylvania. former solicitor gen.
eral.
The extent to which the Democrats
will gain support from Republican in
dependents for their campaign against
the clause in the Senate has not been
indicated. 1t has been made clear, how
ever, that the two groups, which suc-
ceeded twice in overriding President
Hoover's opposition to the export de-
benture plan of farm relief, will stand
r.ore or less closely together again in
the tariff debate, at least in so far as
the effort to confine revision to agri-
cultural and related products is con-
cerned.
Movement Gains New Support.
That movement, already organized
among Republican independents, was
given fresh support in the Simmons
statement, which assailed the House bill
as 1.-The most signal victory ever won
by the seekers after privilege and Gov
eminent favors" and declared that I'M
less the finance committee changed it
radically the Democrats would attempt
to limit it to agricultural rate revisions.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON WE'D
nesday, July "a, 1929, at 10 O'Clock, am,
we will sell nuhlic aucti0n tn enforce