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Show SENATORS LASH TRADETREATIES King, Others Hit Lower Protection Bars WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (-Republican Leader McNary of Oregon Ore-gon predicted in the senate today that efforts to extend the reciprocal recipro-cal trade agreements legislation when It expires next June 12 would meet defeat. McNary's prediction came after Senator Vandenberg R, Mich. I had stirred spirited debste in the chamber by voicing what he termed a warning to the state department de-partment against any attempt to reduce the excise tax on copper In negotiations for an agreement with Chile. Vandenberg contended that the state department had no authority author-ity to alter the copper tax of 4 cents a pound. He was joined In this stand by Senators Hayden D Aril.), Chaves D, N. M.) and King (D Utah) as well as McNary. Mc-Nary. The Republican leader criticized what he said was the action of the state department In cutting the excise tax on lumber (1 a thousand feet in a trade agreement with Canada. Earlier It was learned that a bipartisan drive was developing In the senate to kill the trade program. pro-gram. Chaves said the same conditions held In his state and Senator King asserted he had told state department depart-ment representatives if any attempt at-tempt were made to bring about reductions In excise taxes on copper, cop-per, lumber, coal and oil he would be forced to vote against continuing continu-ing the trade agreements program. From Senator Borah (rL, Idaho) came an expression of hope that the courts would soon pass on the constitutionality of the reciprocal trade program. Senator O'Mahoney D, Wyo.) called attention to a resolution be hss offered to classify the trade pacts as treaties. Senator McCarran D, Nev.) told the senate that every time the trade program had dealt with metal ther had resulted "a feeling of depression" throughout the in-termountain in-termountain country because of the dependence of the wage earner' on mining. |