Evening star., 1935-05-05
WALLACE CONFERS
WITH 4 SENATORS.
New England Lawmakers
Discuss Textiles With
Secretary.
BY the Associated Press.

ny tne Associated FreSS.
Secretary Wallace, under attack
from New England cotton mill areas
for his insistence on continuance of
the cotton processing tax, today dts
cussed the entire textile situation with
four Democratic Senators from North
eastern States.
While cotton mill owners and others
dependent on the cotton textile in
dustry rested their hopes with con-
siderable skepticism on special cab
met committee now comforting with
textile groups, the Secretary today
sent for Senators Walsh and Coolidge
Of Massachusetts,, Lonergan of Con-
necticut and Brown of New Hamp-
shire.
The conference was believed to be
result of particularly bitter alter
cation Tuesday between Wallace and
Rhode Island manufacturer, during
which Wallace was taken to task for
his reference to New England whin-
ing" in a recent interview in Bruns-
wick, Me-
While the Senators declined to di-
vulge the details of the interview with
Wallace, one of the group commented
that the Secretarys attitude appeared
to be conciliatory.
State Department Hit.
Meanwhile, the State Department
was accused tonight by Representative
Martin, Republican. of Massa chusetts,
of blocking legislation which he said
would have preserved the Philippine
market for the American cotton tex
tile industry. In national radio ad-
dress, Martin unlooSed a bitter attack
upon the administration for failure to
provide relief for American cotton
mills.
At the same time the Senate faced
an assertion by Senator Gibson, Re-
publican, of Vermont, that the Philip
pine market for bleached cotton had
been wrested from the United States
by Japan.
Senator Gibson, a member of the
special commission which recently
made a study of the Philippines, said
a report by a United States trade
commissioner in Manila showed i'm
ports of unbleached cotton cloth from
Japan increased by 858 per cent from
1888 to 1884, while imports from the
United States declined by IL per cent;
that imports of bleached cotton cloth
increased 308 per cent. while imports
Of the United States declined 25 per
cent; that imports from Japan of dyed
cotton cloth increased 1873 per cent
while imports from the United States
declined 81 per cent and that the
imports of printed cotton cloth from
Japan increased 100 per cent. while
the imports from this country declined
43 per cent.
Governors to Appear.
The Cabinet Committee. having
heard the arguments of delegations
from Maine. Rhode Island and the
South, as well as the position of the
cotton textile code authority and the
cotton textile industry. next week will
hear the pleas for aid from three Gov
ernors, manufacturers and business
groups from New England.
Gov. Curley of sachusetts. a
leader in the drive against the proc
essing tax and for erection of higher
tariff barriers against japanese i'm
ports, will appear Monday with repre-
sentatives of the New England council
Tuesday, the committee will hear Sem
ators Walsh and Coolidge. Massa-
chusetts House members, and a dele
CATION Of Bay State manufacturers,
while Gov. Cross of Connecticut, with
industrialists from his State, will
testify Wednesday. Friday Gov.
Bridges and a New Hampshire dele
cation will discuss the textile situa-
tion in their State.