Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-24
HOUSE TARIFF VOTE
SET FOR TUESDAY
Special Rule of Republican
Majority Limits Debate on
Amendments. e
BY the Associated Press.

Inc JaI1n Dill Will Dc DfOuBHb 10 a
vote by the Republican majority In the
House at pm. Tuesday, with 81
amendments approved by members of
the ways and means committee to be
considered in the meantime.
Decision to fix the time for the vote
and limit consideration of amendments
by means of q special rule giving
priority to those offered by the commit
tee, was reached by the Republican
majority late yesterday at the end Of
two conferences on the subject. The
vote was 206 to "a. One nour was al
lotted today for consideration Of the
special rule. which was approved, auto
matically shutting OF general debate
on the measure.
Amendment Proposals Rejected.
Under the Republican agreement, no
schedules in the bill not affected by
committee amendments will be subject
to change from the floor. Proposals to ad-
NIT amendments on the schedules af-
fecting sugar. cement, brick, shingles,
hardwood and cedar lumber, fiaxseed
and on the new flexible provisions ex-
tending the powers of the President,
were rejected by the conference.
None of the 81 amendments an
nounced by the Republican members
of the ways and means committee was
put to q vote in the conference and
those attending were not bound to sup
port any Of them in the House. They
were worked out by the committeeman
after dissatisfaction with rates proposed
in the bill had caused various groups
Of Republican Representatives to block
an earlier agreement on a rule limiting
consideration of amendments. They in
cluded proposals for higher duties on
cattle, butter and other farm products
and transfer of hides, leather and shoes
from the free to the dutiable list.
The text of the rule which the COM
mitteemens work thus made possible
does not prohibit the offering Of amend
ments from the floor, but 1t Is expected
to operate effectively to that end.
During consideration Of the Fordney-
McCumber tariff schedules, seven years
ago, q similar rule shut OF all except
committee amendments because con-
sideration of such proposals, given
priority, consumed the time allotted for
changing the bill.
Special Rule.
The special rule to govern considera-
ton Of the bill for amendment follows:
Resolved, That Immediately upon
the adoption of this resolution the
House shall resolve itself into the com
mittee of the whole House on the state
Of the union for the further considera-
ton Of the bill. H. r. 1857. entitled q
bill to provide revenue, to regulate COM
merce with foreign countries, to en-
courage the industries of the United
States. to protect American labor, and
for other purposes.
That general debate on the bill be
now closed.
THAT the bill shall be considered for
amendment under the five-minute rule,
but committee amendments to any part
OF the bill shall be In order at any time.
That consideration of the bill for
amendment shall continue until Tues
Day. May %, 1929, at 3 o'clock post
meridian, at which time the bill with
all amendments that shall have been.
adopted by the committee Of the whole
snail be reported to the House, where
upon the previous question shall be con-
sloered as ordered on the bill and all
amendments to final passage without
intervening motion except one motion
to recommit.
TliSon Explains Action.
"The vote on all amendments shall
be taken engross except when a sepa-
rate vote Is demanded by the committee
on ways and means on an amendment
offered by said committee.
That said bill shall be the continuing
order until its consideration Is con-
cluded, subject only to conferences re-
ports, privileged matters on the Speak
ers table. and reports from the COM
mittee on rules"
The voice of the caucus" said Rep
resentative Tilson of Connecticut the
Republican leader, yesterday. was that
the ways and means committee Is rep
resentative Of the Congress and the
months Of consideration of the bill its
members were better qualified to offer
amendments rather than throw the en-.
tire bill open to every Tom, Dick and
Harry"
An indication of determined moves
against the flexible provisions of the bill
which were severely criticised Wednes-
day by Representative Beck, Republican,
of Pennsylvania, was seen in an an
nouncement by Representative Garner
OF Texas, minority leader that he would
seek to recommit the measure for in
corporation of his plan of tariff fact
finding board of four. responsible only
TO Congress.
Would Repeal Flexible Clauses.
Gamers plan would repeal the hex-
ible provisions authorizing the President
to change rates and is designed to elm
mate general revisions of the tariff by
permitting Congress to make piece-meal
changes as individual bills are intro
duced.
Garner also will ask that the bill be
recommitted to strike out a provision
limiting the jurisdiction of the Customs
Court in reappraisement cases.
As for the repeal of the flexible clause.
Garner said he not only hoped but had
reason to believe his plan will have
considerable support from the Repub-
lean, membership, especially in the
Senate"