Show c 1 Permanent Perman it t Aid for or Utah Mines Sought bj Senator wa Watkins leins I Approval of the ie US U.S. Tariff Commission Commissions Commission's Com Com- m. m missions mission's recommendations for a 60 hike in lead lead tariff would be a WK big step toward a permanent and sustaining remedy renedy to the plight of the domestic It tine lead sine industry Sen Arthur Arthul V. V Watkins R R. Rt Utah recently Dw Dwight D. D Eisenhower er In a letter addressed to the tho president president dent A few days After the tho governments government's governments gov emment's new sine lead-sine st program backfired and weakened weakened the market Sen Watkins referred to a Tariff Commission report on the effects of foreign imports on the domestic lead sine ead industry The industry had appealed in 1963 1953 for relief under th the escape clause cause of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Agreements Agree Agree- ments Act Mentioning the Simpson bill introduced in th the last session v of If f Congress to provide a sliding eliding scale flexible tariff to give permanent protection to the industry SenI Sen Watkins wrote The flexible import import im im- im port rt levies of the 1963 1953 bill were I l In hr my estimation lon a Rood Hood solution to the lead zinc lead sine problem but one the reason the proposal failed tailed WAS VI that remedial action had not been taken un under r the escape i clause of the prevailing tariff act Now the Senator continued more than a 1 year later such IUd escape clause dause action has been taken and a tariff commission report is In your office awaiting administrative a act action c t l Ion o n Furthermore Furthermore Further Further- more mort an earlier voluminous report also has been submitted by the Tariff Commission fully documenting documenting docu docu- the plight of the lend lead zinc sine industry and plainly showing that the mine shutdowns in the producing producing producing pro pro- states were caused aused chien chiefly by the competition from low cost low pay low pay foreign producers producer The l let letter e t t e r added should the Commissions Commission's recommendations recommendation be ignored in the clear dear cut case ease presented presented presented pre pre- by the lend zinc lead rine industry It will be apparent that the escape clause is la empty of meaning and that there is I. no last-ditch last protection protection tion Lion In this Utis measure for American workers and domestic industries |