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Show Moss Urges Tariff Commission To Think Hard on Potash Limits WASHINGTON, D. C. Senator Frank E. Moss Chairman of the Senate Mining Min-ing Subcommittee, tod vj urged the Tariff Commission of the United States to "give most serious consideration"' to the impact potash imports im-ports frcm Canada, West Germany and France have on the potash industry of the U. S. In a telegram to Stanley D. Metzger, Chairman of the Commission, Senator Moss said that imports from the three countries at less thsn fair value, "has severely d'-prcsscd d'-prcsscd prices for potash in the U. S. m?.'-ket. "This situation threatens the continued progress of the promising potash industry indus-try of flic nation," he said. "As a Utah Senator, I am directly concerned about the potash industry of my state, and as chairman of the Senate Minerals, Materials Mater-ials and Fuel Subcommittee I am concerned about the national implications. "I ask the Commission to give the most serious consideration con-sideration to the impact which these imports at less than fair value will have on the potash industry if permitted per-mitted to continue without penalty." Senator Moss explained that the Tariff Commission is looking into the situation to see if actual damage to the U. S. industr' has resulted re-sulted from the importation of potash. He has also joined w th Senator Joseph Moncoya, D-N.M., D-N.M., in co-sponsoring a bill which would limit the amount of potash which can be imported into the U. S. duty free. The bill would permit up to 33 percent of domestic oroduction to be imported duty free annually. But a lax would be applied to any imports above the 30 percent figure, which is the average annual amount imported over ov-er the nine year period from I960 to 1968. |