Evening star., 1934-06-05
TARIFF MEASURE
| IS SENT TO HOUSE
Leaders Hope for Accept
ance of Senate Changes
$500
Without Conference.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BY margin of "a votes the Senate
yesterday passed the administration
reciprocal tariff bill and returned it
TO the House, where Democratic lead
ers hope for acceptance Of Senate
changes to make conference un-
necessary.
The vote of 81 to 80 for the meas
ure removed one of the last big OBJ
stacles to adjournment. 1t ended two
and a half weeks of debate and per-
mitted immediate consideration of the
House-approved silver purchase bill.
The tariff measure emerged un-
changed from a barrage of opposition
amendments and only five Democrats
Adams, Dill, Glass, Long and Over
ton-left the reservation on the final
roll call. An equal number of Re-
publicans voted for the bill. They
were Capper, Couzens, La Toilette,
Norbeck and Norris.
Permits Agreements.
The legislation, approved by the
House March 29, empowers the Pres
loent to make tariff bargaining
agreements with foreign powers with
out submitting them TO the Senate for
approval. Its object is to regain some
Oh the foreign commerce lost by the
onlteo states since the depression.
Inc vote was precede by a burst OF
oramatics occasioned by a committee
amendment offered by Senator Har-
ISoh, democrat, of Mississippi. to pre-
vent tne excise taxes on imported oil.
lumber, coal and copper from being
changed by the trade agreements.
harrison did not favor the amend
ment himself, but said he offered it to
clarity what lot of Senators thought
the trainers Of the bill intended to do.
He said he regarded the excise taxes
as tariffs.
AS a vote was about to be called
Senator Ashurst. Democrat, of Ari-
IONA copper protec:ionist, jumped
up to assert:
l protest this drawing of an assas-
SINS dirk a the last minute to kill
the loyal supporters of this bills. This
amendment was conceived in iniouity
and born in unfairneSS. l am willing
10 take chance on the President
raising the tariff on copper"
Amendments Rejected.
Harrison withdrew the amendment
after this. but Senator Long, Demo-
crat, of Louisiana, reoffered it and
it was rejected.
OF the four commodities. only lum-
Der now has tariff in addition 10
an excise tax. While the President Is
prohibited from taking articles from
the free list under the bill. defeat Of
the amendment means he could either
raise or lower the protection now af-
forded these four major commodities
Among the amendments defeated
were those which would have ex-
empted farm products from the bar
gaining agreements and given Con-
greSs veto power over the international
arrangements worked out.
The last proposal to go down was
by Senator Long. offered in the ma
ture of a substitute. it was the same
Democratic tariff bill which President
Hoover vetoed in 1882, providing for
reciprocal tariff agreements, subject to
congressional approval: an interna-
llOIldl IdTl1 COI1eTcIlCe ana COIlSTeS-
sional veto over changes made under
the flexible provisions.
This was beaten without a. roll call,
and since it was called up after the
hour when debate was prohibited,
Long could not get word in for it.
He asked Vice President Garner at
least 10 inform the Senate it was the
same Democratic bill offered two years
ago, but Garner replied amid laugh
ter:
The chair has no statement to
make"
The Senate added about a dozen
amendments, most of them minor
Only two were regarded as important
One would grant affected industries
hearings before the President or an
agency designated by him and require
reasonable public notice before agree
ments we're concluded.
The other would make certain the
Presidents emergency power termi-
| mated in three years.