Evening star., 1934-04-30
Chemist Spokesman Says
Measure Would Retard
Progress.
DEMOCRATS TO UNITE
BEHIND PLAN TONIGHT
Former Secretary, in Surprise
Move, Says Early Action
Is Essential.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Bearing the surprising Endorsement
of Henry L. Stimson, the Hoover Sec
retary of State, the administrations
reciprocal tariff bill was criticized to-
day by representatives of industrial
interests on the ground 1t would i'm
pede recovery.
Harry L. Derby of New York, speak
ing for the Manufacturing Chemists
Association, told the Senate Finance
Committee the legislation would be
the greatest factor in stopping the
progress of industry"
Hearings on the controverted bill,
which already has been passed by
the House, will terminate tomorrow.
Senate Democrats will meet tonight to
unite their forces as far as possible
behind the legislation.
Barkley Questions View.
Derby said the measure would re-
tard progress just as the securities
act held up industrial expansion.
I'D like to have some one prove
that to me-" said Senator Barkley.
Democrat, of Kentucky.
Derby protested against giving the
President power to enter into tariff
reduction agreements with other ma
tions without submitting the facts to
the Senate for action and unless af-
fected industries we're granted hear
ing in advance.
mo industry will be safe in ex-
panding unless it knows its interests
are to be safeguarded," he added.
Wool growers and manufacturers
and paper and pulp interests will ap-
pear at the hearing tomorrow.
Robert G. Graham, chairman Of the
Export Committee of the National
Automobile Chamber Of Commerce, a
belated witness favoring the bill, was
sandwiched between the opposition
representatives.
Graham said the bill was urgently
needed to stimulate a two-way how
Of trade on a quick and practicable
basis"
With reasonable tariff policy"
he added, automobile exports might
well be restored to normal next year
from 500, 900 to 1000 900 cars. Last
year the figure was only 100000.
American automobiles" he said,
"have been more heavily penalized by
high duties and restricted quotas than
any other article.
Our real hope lies in modifying
these penalties by tariff bargaining I"
Graham denied one of the motives
for approving the bill was the hope
that rates on imported products used
in the manufacture of automobiles
would be reduced, as suggested by
Senator Hastings, Republican, of Del.
I'VE have to buy If we expect to
sell" the witness added.
Would Cut Auto Tariff.
However, he said he personally
would like to see the tariff on i'm
ported autos cut in half, but he agreed
with Hastings that importations-only
a few thousand-did not present a
serious problem.
Hastings tried to develop that any
thing the President might do under
the bill could not hurt the automobile
industry and might help it. Graham
refused to concede this.
He did agree with the Delaware
Senator that the operation of foreign
plants by Henry Ford affected Amer
ica's automobile export trade and said
he personally felt the Hawley-Smoot
act lessened United States exports of
cars.
Before today's hearing, Democratic
leaders said the measure may be the
key to the question of when the
Seventy-third Congress can go home
They will attempt at tonight's meet
ing to Solidfy their forces for the i'm
pending floor battle and try to decide
what, if any, notifications they will
stand for.
Adding his Endorsement to the tariff
measure already backed by three
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