Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Randall Report Asks
Power for President
To Cut Tariff i5eS
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Of certain features came how
ever. from Chairman Millikan
Of the Senate Finance Commit
tee and David j. Mcdonald,
president Of the CIO Steelwork-
ers' Union. Senator Millikan
also raised a number Of ques-
tions about the report as q whole.
Mr.. Mcdonald, who often
found himself at odds with other
members of the commission, was
voted down. 1911, when he
sought approval for an adjust
ment assistance program" to aid
workers. companies and commu-.
mites adversely affected should
the President decide that it was
''in the national interest" to
lower tariffs beyond levels Speci-
fed by the tariff commission as
safe for the domestic economy.
The economic group favored
such authority for the Presi-
dent.
President Eisenhower. who has
said frequently that this coun-.
try must adhere to liberal trade
policies to insure the strength
Of the free world, has been
awaiting the report Of the COM
mission before sending a mes
sage to Congress outlining his
views on the lines new legisla-
ton should follow.
Report Goes to White House.
The division within the COM
mission. carried a forecast Of
tough shedding for any Of the
major recommendations on Cap
itol Hill.
Chairman Randall took copy
OF the report to the White House
yesterday. and Gen. Eisenhower
Immediately sent copies to sew
eral agencies, urging them to
review it intensively "as a first
step in the formation of a uni
fed administration program"
81 am confident" he said in a
memorandum. that. on the basis
of the report. it will be possible
to develop a program that will
advance the best interests both
OF the United States and OF the
free world"
Genuine Progress
The commission said that
genuine progress" had been
made toward creating conditions
in which multilateral trade and
payment might be made world
wide and the dollar deficit-rep-
resenting the margin of this
countryss exports over imports
removed in relatively free mar
ket. instead of through trade and
payment restrictions imposed by
other countries.
For the first time since the
war;" the commission said "our
foreign trade, exclusive of mill
ltary exports, has come into bal
ance: and foreign gold and dol
lar reserves have increased at
a rate that is currently running
at well over 50 billion per year."
There are however, uncertain
ties in the situation. the report
amplified-for example. possible
changes in the economic situa-
ton at home or abroad.
The commission consequently
commended that much remains
to Sbe done before a de
pendable international balance"
is achieved, and that "the final
solution will probably depend
even more upon the efforts of
other countries than upon our
own "
Many Duties Now Low.
In it's advocacy of tariff law
changes. the commission argued
that the United States is no
longer among the higher-tariff
countries of the world. 1t ex-
planned that while many United
States tariffs are high, many
others are low land more than
half our imports enter free of
duty"
| Pointing out toe that other
countries also apply trade re-
strictions. the commission said
that "the nations Of the free
world would be stronger and
more cohesive" If many Of the
barriers were removed. It's rec
concentrations, 1t was added, are
aimed at this objective.
In contending for q three-year
extension Of the trade act. the
commission said that in the past.
the repeated short-term renewals
have created an aura Of insta-
bility in our trade policies which
1t would be desirable to avoid for
the future" Longer extension, it
was added, also would give time
for studying the effects of the
gradual reductions proposed.
In one area, the commission