Salt Lake Telegram | 1945-06-08 | Page 8 | Senate Group Okehs Tariff

Senate Senale Group T Tariff arill WASHINGTON June 8 u UP- UP The senate finance nce committee 8 struck ruck from the re reciprocal l' l tra trade c agre agreement ent extension bill bIn Friday a authority to cut tariff rates an additional n l 50 the then reported the bill bu favorably The vote on the vital amend amendment ment was was' 10 to 9 9 with seven Republican Republican Re Re- publican and three thre Democratic members of F the C committee lined up for It It Eight Democrats Democrat and andSen Sea Sen Seh La L Follette Wis voted voted vot vote ed d' d against 1 it eta Despite the committees committee's comm action Chairman George ZD tD D. D Ga Gau expressed expressed ex ex- pre pressed sed determination to try i to write the additional rate cutting authority back Into nt the when itIs it is called d up In senate probably bly ne next t. t Tuesday a aThe The committee turned down five other amendments amendment iri Including ludi one one sponsored d by lift Sen n y D P. P Wyo member of the coin coni which which w. w would ld b have provided proved provid ed for c congressional of rail n new w trade agreements and ana rate cuts It lost by a of 9 to 10 By exactly the same vote vote the committee rejected an amendment by Sen iT Taft ft R R. Ohio which would have limited the extension of the he trade law t to two two years years' rather than three Also rejected were amendments to freeze the import duties duties on on wool and cordage