Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-06-29 | Page 2 | King to Fight Move to Bar Soviet Goods

KING TO fiGHT MOVE MOlE TO BAR SOVIET GOODS Will Seek Congressional Ac Action Action Action Ac- Ac tion Against Plan to Enforce Enforce Enforce En En- force Embargo Br fly United r i WASHINGTON June 29 The 29 The ury departments department's tentative plan to th bar all aU soviet oviet Russian products from Crom this country will be vigorously opposed in the next session of congress congress con con- gress It was indicated toda today Senator William H. H King Democrat Democrat Demo Demo- crat Utah said he lie will seek sock action to prevent the treasury from Imposing imposing ing an any such embargo He also announced announced an an- I that he has prepared a a. reso reso- lutton calling for creation of a a. commission com com- 1 mission to study Russian conditions 1 that effect affect soviet soviet American Am trade Congress will meet in December a month before the treasury could de decree decree decree de- de cree an embargo under provisions of th the Smoot Hawley-Smoot tarl tariff act This a act t provides that goods produced by forced labor or indentured labor shall be barred from the United Stat States 5 PLANS EMBARGO mARGO As the United Press disclosed Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- the treasury Is contemplating the he embargo on grounds ground that all la labor labor la- la bor IA 1 communistic Russia is forced Such an interpretation of the Haw Haw- Smoot ley-Smoot act would be absolutely absurd said King You cant can't In Indict in- in diet dict a whole people I ITh Th The Utah senator Is a member of ot I Ithe the he senate finance committee which handled the tariff law He said he was not surprised by the treasury's embargo plan He said he had been informed that it was as greatly desired by powerful commercial Interests Boris chief of r the sovet soviet sov- sov let iet et information bureau here declined to comment specifically on the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed embargo but had this to say y regarding general trade relations be between between between be- be tween the United States and Russia Rus Bus sia sla CRITICIZES OBSTACLES I Notwithstanding the fact that soviet Russia is purchasing five times Umes more goods from the thc United States than han is sold in this country the general general gen gen- eral trend of developments here has been jeen to place every possible obstacle In the way of this trade This of course can hardly have beneficial results This occurs at a alime time lime when practically every government government govern govern- ment of Europe is removing obstacles to trade with soviet Russia and of offering offering offering of- of fering favorable trade conditions