Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01
AGREEMENT IS SEEN
ONFLEX|BLE TARIFF
WITH HOOvER'SO.K.
Conference Action to Come
Before Senate Again
Tomorrow.
OPPONENTS PREPARE
FOR VIGOROUS BATTLE
Close Vote Is Expected, With G. o.
P. Leaders Confident Of Victory,
if Only by / Ballot.
BY q. GOULD LINCOLN.

! The conference agreement on the
flexible provision Of the tarin bill comes
UP for consideration again In the Sen
ate tomorrow afternoon. Senator
Smoot, chairman Of the finance COM
nlittee and In charge of the bill, pre-
dicted last night that the agreement
would be accepted by the Senate, al
though several days of debate may in
tervene before vote Is taken. The
Utah Senator sees final action on the
tariff by the middle of June. He ex-
pected the bill to be passed, sent to
the President and approved by the
Chief Executive.
1.-THE bill as finally drafted viii be
Q good measure" said the veteran
chairman. He believes that it will
benefit American business and that
cnce it has become law the country
win ind it to the advantage of the
American farmer, American business
and American labor.
Democrats See Dire Results.
In this he differs radically from the
Democratic leaders, who are predicting
dire results to all three from the effect
Of the tariff bill. They plan to make it
. main issue in the coming congress
Sional elections. 1t is an issue, how
ever, which many Of the Republicans
viii welcome, they say.
A determined effort viii be made,
however, by the opponents Of the bill.
and Of the flexible provision particu-
larry, TO reject the conference agree
ment. The vote IS likely to be ex-
tremely close. Senator Smoot and
other Republican leaders are counting
on putting 1t through, If only by 9
vote or two.
The Senate win have to vote not only
on the conference agreement on the
flexible provision and administrative
features, but it will have to pass also
on the so-called first report" of the
confereeS. Involved in this first re-
port are four items against which
points Of order are now threatened
the duties on rayon, cheese, watches
and cherries. The claim Is made that
the confereeS exceeded their authority
in dealing with the rates on these
items, placing in their report increases
which 60 beyond the Senate or the
House bill. Senator Smoot admitted
that the points of order on two of
these items at least would be sus-
tanned. This will have the effect Of
8GQQlLR LIlG pdCh 70 COIlICE"
ence yet again. In that event, how
ever, Senator Smoot does not expect
much difficulty in obtaining an early
agreement in conference, which will
do away with the features objected to
and make it possible to get a final
agreement on the entire measure.
Watson Hopes for Fast Action.
Because Of the various steps which
must be taken, however, and the pro-
pensity to debate the tariff at every
turn, the time for voting on the meas
ure finally in the Senate still is I'M
certain. Senator Watson OF Indiana,
Republican leader, gave it as his opin-
ion that 10 days should see the final
disposition of the bill, but in this he Is
more hopeful than is Senator Smoot,
who fixes the middle Of the month as
the more likely date.
The Senate has busy week ahead.
Under agreement already entered into,
q vote Is to be taken at 3 pm. tomor-
row on the Presidents veto Of the
Spanish-American War veterans bill
The President vetoed the measure on
the ground that it gave pensions to
those not in need to those with dis
abilities arising from vicious habits
and lowered the period Of service re-
CURED for a pension. 1t has been
planned to bring the bill into the
House tomorrow framed to meet the
objections of the President and sill
give the Spanish-American War vet
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