Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-16
TARIFF SEEN ISSUE
IN FALL CAMPAIGN
ShouSe Calls Measure "DiS-
honest Raid on the Con-
suming Public"

Characterixing the tariff legislation
as "the Grundy bill' and describing it
as a dishonest raid on the consuming
public" Jouett Shouse, chairman of
the Democratic national executive COM
mittee, declared in a statement made
public today that the bill will be made
1.-The issue of the coming congressional
campaign"
THE people will render their verdict
next November" Shouse said. land the
Democratic party feels no concern over
the result"
The action of Senators Reed and
Grundy of Pennsylvania, who an
nounced their support of the bill in
the closing hours of debate after a
period of uncertainty as to their posi-
tons, was described by the Democratic
chairman as 1.-The last act of the long
tragedy of inflicting the Grundy tariff
on the people of the United States, as
oblique and Scaly as the earlier scenes
in the progress of this dishonest raid
on the consuming public" He added:
Sees Political Trick.
For days the Republican press agents
have been dwelling on the uncertainty
Of these two votes There was an un-
certainty to this extent: The admins
tration realized that the country re-
garded the bill as exorbitant and ex-
tortionate and enacted entirely in the
interests of the high contributors to the
Republican campaign fund. Somebody
conceived the idea that it would be a
I great achievement of psychology to
have these two Senators from the State
most favored seem to be dissatisfied
with what had been done for Pennsyl-
vania.
The administration further realized
that the label of the Grundy bill was a
deadly thing in all parts of the country
1t was brilliant thought that to have
Grundy himself vote against the bill
might wash off this label For a time
the leaders believed they could spare
these two votes, and had they been able
to do so 1t seems quite probable that
the strategy would have been carried
out"
Mr.. Shouse emphasized that Presi-
dent Hoover called Congress into extra
session "ostensibly to effect farm relief
and few limited changes in the tariff
bill in the farmers interest and that
OF such industries, If any, as were in
such distress as to result in unemploy-
ment." He said that at the time manu-
facturers, with but few exceptions, were
at the peak of prosperity.
Gag Rule Charged.
The "ghaStly Hawley bill" was formu-
lated by administration leaders In the
House and Steamrolled through that
body under gag rules, Shouse said. and
then sent to the Senate, where the SEN
ate finance committee considered it in
secret sessions. When the finance
committee got through with it." he said
in his statement, the bill was even
worse In some respects than the Haw-
ley bill"
Then the Democrats for the first
time were able to get into action and
make their gallant fight against the
enormltleS which proposed to infiict an
additional burden of billion dollars a
year on the cost of living of the people
OF this country. The Democrats well
coined the cooperation of all indie
pendent Republicans who were not
afraid to show their reVulsion against
the shame-faced robbery. So the coali-
ton was born. And through its efforts
the worst of the exactions were modified
or removed. Then Grundy took charge,
ana by Migrant swapping and log-roll-
ing replaced duties which the Senate.
voting on individual rates, had refused
| to stand for"
Shouse said that during all this pe-
ROD the President was quite coma
placent, and the only time he said any,
thing about the tariff bill-except per-
haps to the administration leaders who
were guiding its destinies-was when it
appeared that he might be shorn of his
power to vary rates"
The Democratic chairman said that
during the long struggle the minority
party was not content merely TO oppose
the Republican tariff, but presented "a
consistent and coronleta Varn0ror, ~
their own" He charged that the Re-
publican majority disregarded this OBJ
portunity las completely as it disre-
garded President Hoover's stipulation
for closely limited revision Of the
tariff bill"