Show r k E VELT l ASKS ASKS' TARIFF IFE CUTS CUTS' S l Exec Executive 1 tive Seeks f Power to t Make Malee M T Compacts Bill Bills Submitted S Wing M s a e to An gr gress gress ss Authority Needed to R Revive Rive ive iveS S J u p. p J. J S. S STrade Trade President Says po I J S SS S S x S 4 I AU ela Pre I WASHINGTON March 2 After 2 Alter Pre President Roosevelt requested uthO t to modify tariff rates r t s in m negotiating l c commercial agreements with h other Bother nations an d in inthe the house today which Dem Democrat DemocratIc ra Ic leaders said provided a complete an and tariff pe anen Icy y 4 I 1 f S ivious Indications n lp lons' lons had be been n that the legislation wo would lct b be limited ed to three years The bill authorizing the he president to negotiate reciprocal agreements within pr prescribed limits and c al in of th l 30 Text of Tariff Message Pare X 1 tariff ac act pro provides that the agreements agree e. e ments shall be terminable inside wide of three years but they could be extend extended ed indefinitely dei it w was z said interpretations Vary Vry The following concluding I g para paragraph graph of the bill was the subject ct of ot much interpretation but Democratic l leaders under understood it to mean meah mean th the agreements could uld run l longer than three years if it not denounced by either party meanwhile Every for foreign trade agreement concluded pursuant to this ct shan be subject t teIn due notice go n. n at the lend of e riot th ni more r than three thee y years ara from ve dat on h the agreement comes and nd if not then terminated shall be subject sub sub- jeet to termination thereafter upon not more than six ix months months' notice T r Senate Republican reaction n to the tariff Sena tor McNary of Oregon er Cr saying th power sought would amount to suppression of ot the tariff commission sion and the and the powers p pow w rs ra dt now now how exercises under Bunder the flexible leibIe provisions provi provi- of the present tariff law Gives u Exclusive Jurisdiction The presidents president proposal h added add added add add- d- d ed cd would give him exclusive and aid bd personal jurisdiction over S S No UNo such power is isto to fhe he welfare of the country Jh e entrusted entrusted en en- trusted t to one one man to be e arbitrarily without hearings hearing where were wereth th the various sides of ot a question n may ay be bel brought out a and d openly discussed L The UThe presentation of this question to the congress at this time will wills in my opinion arouse owe discussion of If sh iah length that any any project for an early adjournment must be revised Chairman n Harrison of ot the senate finance committee e. e which will h handle the b bIl U after it passes the house said slid the legislation will obtain quick re re- suits and present to th the president the means whereby we may cope with what other governments are doing The bill w was introduced in the house by Chairman Doughton Daughton D D. D N. N C. C of the ways and means committee commit commit- tee |