Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-20
TARIFF COALITION
/. IN HOUSE CHARGED
Crowther Declares Garner
Seeks Onion of Democrats
AND "Pseudo Republicans"
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The assertion that Representative
Garner of Texas, the House Democratic
leader, was seeking to form coalition
in the House of Democrats and pseudo
Republicans" for consideration of the
tariff bill, was made on the floor today
by Representative Crowther, Repub-
lican, of New York.
The New Yorker said Garner wanted
q coalition similar to that which has
played large part in the Senate's con-
sideration of the tariff and scathingly
described pseudo Republicans" as
| trained seals"
He said Garner had a coalition,
| Slightly damaged" for sale. AS soon as
| the Senate passes the tariff meaure It
must be returned to the House for con-
| sideration of changes.
Under an agreement for limitation Of
debate, the Senate today took up a
proposal of Senator Jones, Republican,
| Of Washington for a tariff OF $50
thousand board feet on softwood lum-
Der, now on the free list.
| Opening the lumber debate, Senator
| Jones took notice of the charges Of
vote trading and deplorsa them as
unwarranted.
| "The mere fact that Senator doesn't
agree with me" he told the Senate, "or
vote as want him to vote doesn't lead
me to believe that there has been sny
trade or bargain"
Suspicious Shifting" Charged.
Exempting Jones from any charge of
vote trading, Senator Walsh, Democrat,
of Massachusetts, interposed that there
have been some very suspicious shift
i ing of votes here recently"
i The agreement entered into limited
speeches OF each Senator to not more
than 20 minutes on the lumber pro-
Iposal.
Senator Jones had the support Of
Senator MeNary Of oregon, the assist
ant Republican leader, and other
Northwestern Senators for his amend
ment, which represents reduction
from the 81 levy proposal defeated
several weeks ago.
The duty would be placed on FIR,
spruce, pine, hemlock and lareh lunl-
Der, including railroad ties and telc-
graph and telephone poles.
conceding that some lumber pro-
ducerS were prosperous. Senator Jones
argued that q monopoly would be the
inevitable result If the less fortunate
mill owners were not protected
Opposing q levy, Senator Nye, Re-
publican, of North Dakota asserted It
was nothing short of betrayal of the
American people, who have been look-
ing to Congress to afford agriculture
something near an equality with other
industries.
oil Tariff Proposals Beaten.
Proposals for a tariff on ell, now On
the free list, were defeated twice last
night after one of the most spirited de-
4 hnf AC hat Afan nssC h.
duced. 1t included denunciations of the
methods of the Senate lobby COMMITTEES
ana charges OF vote trading.
senator Thomas, Republican, OF
Oklahoma, active leader in the fight for
an oil duty, assailed the committee, ae-
cusing 1t of ''raiding private offices" in
its investigation of the tariff activities
OF the independent oil producers.
Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Mon
tana, a member of the committee,
countered with the charge that the Sem
ators from Oklahoma and Colorado had
entered into an aefeAnlent whereby the
former would support an increased
sugar tariff and the latter the proposed
oil levy. This was denied in turn by
Thomas, his colleague, Senator Pine,
and Phipps of Colorado.
Senator Robinson, Republican, of In
diana, a member Of the committee, also
criticized the committees methods, as
seFting, too, that it had searched pri-
vate homes and Offices for evidence.
Another member of the committee,
Blaine of Wisconsin. an independent
Republican, was attacked by Thomas,
who assailed him for making partial re-
ports TO the Senate on the activities of
the committee before all the evidence
hRA been received
In this he referred 20 Blaines charges
just before the Senate's original action
III n. -
that vote -trading agreement had been
entered into. Blaine replied that 1t
would have amounted almost to trea-
son" to suppress this information
gained by the lobby committee on the
night the oil vote was TAKEN