Evening star., 1949-05-17
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Senote Bottle Points Up
On Reciprocal Trode Act
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,lon II w~.ns that ths un}ea States .ar
Comni~ssan IS "a gnsrstshtr ard sz} 20 &.
posn' bryooe whlsh Ihs President "A nsse-
uAt2ns reciprocal trade axfrenatu.s 49,
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"a American pryc0re3s Ihetv "a netatns ga
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la make AnY such rrpoftS-w3h the a@REnG
ant pubneits and The eltteI cgGNcAsm ~hsfa
may come from American psnd4crf ana
thelg empIoy~s She ma, oe canEsEessi. i4'L
OF even pat oul Of business entirely
Republican SeH&tors INSIST thes sft u0i
opposed 10 the reciprocal trade sss ctHsnt
system They arr not mAk4ng a ese Ia -
back to the logrollgng ~h}ct. attended ssets
general tariff ias enacted by ConFfr>s. fhr*
are not eolng to gtvr SAN however eF ttls
point They insist thai thrN AhowTd fhe
acceptance Of the rrs ipgncAi trade agtefmsnt
system when in The last Congress. thfs pat
through an extension Of the Trade Agtee
ment Act-~ith the pef point prev VISION
and the sScApe-elause provision StAvn IN
Too many American industries aiteaas Afs
bcing hurt under sxss'lng trade agreements,
the Republicans Sa, and The prospect Is tog
more DAMAGE 10 American producers and
workers under these agreements g. tAs 'n.
duStfies abroad arc euIt up~l'h Am'rirsa
dollars contributed los the tehAbl3,s ton ot
Western Europe and Other countries
The charge is made that shr state hpagt.
ment which negutiates these reciprocal trade
agreements, engages IN diplomatic losrpjlInE,
losering American customs duties an ref tain
items In order 20 galn what the department
calls greater security tor the uniied state
that the department sells the Americas pc
Queer down the river too often. and tAsfs -
no review. no appeal from the department
decisionS-~And nothing public There h an
interde PAT tmentAl committee which raAkrs
the decisions, but the State Department llAFs
the leading roll Concessions Ia foreign pro
ducers al The expense OF American sfpud
not. AT least. be shfouded in mystery
D~ma nds for Protection.
Loud demands are eomlne from. q nlInber
OF American industries that something hs
done TO give them greater proteeusn=-
instead OF less. Amons these industries are
the nShng The fur the textile and The
Matchmaking industries Of this couittt
There are industries. too. II the Western
States which have been HIT OF NAV be hiI.
and are Watching the situation eIossly~-
States which have Democratic Senitofs
whose votes will count vitality when the
showdown comes on the administfasons
bill. which would extend the trade agree
ments system and kupplant the RepuhieAn
Law.
Under the operation of the Trade agree
ments Act tarir duties have been udured
greatly In recent years. Many hAw heen
entirely justined And many made practically
no difference during the war YEAR The
promoters OF International co operation have
usru the 1Rpf hbNfHFHS " bftS"f kopH
feeling on the part OF ioreinn nations and
they shout now that nothing must be rona
10 halt this progress. Yet america has 10
face the fact that because Of The quotas thn
import controls which are paced by many
foreign nations on top OF the reciprocal al
ranRements they have enteres into Witn Is,
there is little really reciprocal II our affanRs.
ment with these nations nows~sinee az da
not use quotas and other forms Of import
control
The peril point" and escape lsases writ
ten into the law BY the Republicans acre
proposed frst BY Senators valdenbsrg ~
Michigan and Millikin Of coioHdo They
will fsht for their retention,