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Show industry in our insular possessions and Cuba. At the close of the White House conference, the president telephoned Professor Tugwell and asked him to confer tomorrow with Senators Adams and O'Ma-honey O'Ma-honey and Representatives Robinson Robin-son and Taylor, and try to work out with them amendments to the Costigan bill which they deem necessary fully to protect the do- . mestic beet sugar industry. j Senator Elbert D. Thomas, prev- ; iously friendly to the Costigan bill, is reported to be now against it, if it means what was contended con-tended by Weaver. ROBINSON GOES TO WHITE HOUSE (Continued from Page One) that they intend to fight to the bitter end all such proposals Representative Robinson, after his conference with the president, said : "We are going to carry on our fight in congress to prevent the imposition of any quota on domestic domes-tic production of beet sugar. Under Un-der no circumstances must this bill limit production in the United Unit-ed States. It is my judgment, although nothing to this effect was said, that if congress should amend the Costigan bill to remove re-move all limitation on domestic production of beet sugar, the president would accept that amendment." The president is reported to have characterized Weaver's statement at the hearing as "out-regeous," "out-regeous," and as wholly misrepresenting misrepre-senting his own views. ' He declared de-clared with plenty of emphasis that no one but Secretary Wallace was authorized to express the administration's ad-ministration's policy on sugar. In supporting the Costigan bill, the president made it clear that his purpose was to trv to heln thp beet farmer, and, at the same I time not injure the competitive ! |