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Show ADMINISTRATION HITS SUGAR ACT WASHINGTON. May (UP) j United appaalUaa af asarutlva da- part me nt af the government ta the praaant draft af tha eugar marketing market-ing act waa revealed today. PreeldeBtial hostility la the kill aow before the house agricultural committee has been Inferred from the fact that Bsc rotary af Slate Cor dell Hull, Secretary of Agriculture Agricul-ture Henry A. Wallace aad Secretary Secre-tary of Interior Harold L. Ickaa hava haea eutepokea la evpoaltioo to soms af lla currant provisions Tha agricultural department aid-ad aid-ad la tha draft af tha anginal measure, meas-ure, which waa discord ad ky the house agriculture aubcetnmlttao la favor af lha ""committee print number num-ber 1." aew pending kefer the fuU commit tea. ItepraaiaUUve Fred Curaming (D.Coial, chairman af tha auger subcommittee, aald ha had not haea Informed whether Preatdeat Place rait eppoaaa the committee draft. The agriculture department fears that eacaastve praductlaaj af demesne de-mesne augar wauld adversely affect Amertcaa export mark eta for ether farm products, and thinks that tha original bill sponsored ky the administration ad-ministration waa mora equitable and workable thaa tha plaa now before the committee. Stale department afflclaai desire a larger quota for foreiga countries, aa a maene of fostering extension af the reciprocal trade program. The Interior department has pro-tee pro-tee tad against featuraa af the hill considered discriminatory agalnat Hawaii and Puerto Rica, which aadar aa-dar the present committee draft would he denied minimum tonnage guotaa while minimum were granted grant-ed ta main lead United Btataa production. pro-duction. The war department la aald ta be watching Phlllpplnaa provision of the bill President Manuel Queaon recently asked that the excise taxes levied agalnat Phlllpplnaa augar should revert to the Insular government gov-ernment treasury. Hawaii has repeatedly made representation rep-resentation agalnat treatment In principle different from that ao-eorded ao-eorded to mainland augar groupa. |