Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
Borah Resolution to Come
Before Senate During
Days Business.
SENATOR NORRIS PLANS
DEBENTURE AMENDMENT
Hard Battle Seen Ahead Unless
Idaho Insurgent Expands
Scope of Proposal.
Rx 6. GOULD LINCOLN.


The fight for a more limited revision
Of the tariff than that provided in the
Hawley bill As it passed the House will
be launched In the Senate tomorrow.
At the same time the fight for de.
benturen will be revived in that body.
Senator Norris of Nebraska, one Of
the insurgent Republican group which
ioined with the Democrats In the at
tempt to write the export debenture
plan into the farm law, has prepared
an amendment TO the tariff bill which
in effect is the debenture plan all over
again. He win offer it in the Senate
tomorrow.
The resolution proposed by Senator
Borah Of Idaho, limiting the Senate
finance committee in its consideration
OF and report on the tariff bill 10 the
farm schedule and related schedules, is
due to come up for consideration soon
after the Senate meets.
MAY Modify Resolution.
While Republican leaders Of. the SEN
ate admitted Friday night, when the
Senate quit work until tomorrow, that
the Borah resolution had enough votes
to be adopted, there we're influences at
work which may prevent the adoption
of the resolution, or at least moduy IL
TO considerable degree.
There is a strong sentakient IN the
Senate itself that the HaWley Dill as
it passed the House provides too great
a revision of the rates upward on many
commodities and that 1t will initiate
against the farmer rather than In his
interest. T. is this feeling which gives
the Rorah proposal its support. In the
end this sentiment Is likely to result
in materially reduced rates in some OF
the tariff schedules when the bill
passes the Senate.
While the Norris debenture amend
nnent to the tariff bill, which has the
approval of Senator Borah, Is in direct
opposition to the recommendations Of
the President. the Ecrah resolution on
the contrary is In line with the Presi-
dents Recommendation for . limited
revision of the tariff ~eeTs
Democratic support.
Senator Borah will have with him In
the contest over his resolution many Of
the Democrats and practically all OF
the Republican insurgents, who stood
for debenture in the farm bill fight. He
will have at least two other Republican
Senators who voted with the President
on debenture and against Senator
Borah They are Senators Capper and
Allen of Kansas.
Senator Borah's resolution provides:
Whereas, 1t is the sense of the Sen
ate that any amendment to the exist
ing tariff law should be confined to ag-
riculture and directly related products:
Now. therefore. be 1t
Resolved, That the committee on
finance Is hereby instructed to limit its
hearings, deliberations, recommend
tions and report upon H. r. 1857 (the
tariff bill to the agricultural and di-
rectly related schedules
To this resolution Senator Jones Of
Washington has an amendment pend
ing providing that ANY other line of
production that has been In depressed
condition during the last year or more,
traceable to steadily increasing COM
petitive imports" shall also be given
consideration
Adoption of the Jones resolution
which Is designed particularly to cover
shingles, a product of his State, which
in the House bill has been taken from
the free list and made dutiable-would
in effect throw the door wide open, II
Is said. for a general revision Of the
tariff, which Senator Borah is seeking
TO avoid.
Demand Explanation.
Opponents Of the Borah proposal will
demand that Senator Borah state sps-
cihcally what he means by agricultural
and related schedules" in his resolution,
If he fails to include oil. textiles, shin
giles. sugar and a number Of other
products in his explanation he Is likely
to lose votes for his resolution, it was
said last night And II he includes
them, he is likely TO reduce the erect
of his resolution 1t was suggested that
Senator Pine Of Oklahoma might balk
IL oils were left out OF consideration;
that Senator Simmons of North Caro-
lima would demand that textiles be
included in consideration Of the tariff,
and that Senator Dill of Washington,
like Senator Jones, would be interested
in the tariff on shingles. AL three of
these Senators voted with Senator Borah
in the debenture fight.
House leaders are not taking kindly
to the proposal of Senator Borah to
throw the House tariff bill into the
discard and write Senate bill con-
fined to the agricultural schedule and q
few other commodities. Speaker Long
worth was quoted yesterday as declaring
that If the Borah resolution were put
through. the Senate need net lock to
the House for any concurrence IN
resolution 10 take q recess for the next
two months while the Senate finance
committee deals with the tariT bill.
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