Show THiS WEEK IN WASHINGTON in Washington ton particularly as the national election approaches looks at every act with an oyo to Its possible le p political effects Therefore Therefore There There- fore rore val sharpshooters of both parties ar are are- scrutinizing tho now new Rec t Tariff agreement between be be- tween the tae United States and Canaria Cana Cana- Canada a 1 da ria which was negotiated nes by Prest President dent Roosevelt In person w wOth th Premier Pro Pre I mier Mackenzie King Icing of Canada I There are as many points of row OW I I about aJ out its effects as there are commentators Somo of oC tho the Presidents President's friends are arc expressing alarm pointing out that it was wasI President Tans Tan's Reciprocity Turin Thrill agreement w with i it t h Canada t 1 that h 11 a t t wrecked his Administration and the Republican Party In 1910 Others point paint out that conditions are different different different dif dif- ferent now and that there ls Js an apparent demand demand by consumers on oil both sides of the boundary for larger supplies of ot good at ni nt vr lower r nr prices I O J s Duty Rate Reductions Under t the ii e n new e w agreement Canada re reduces uces rates of or duty on ISO commodities Imported from tho the States Including fresh fruits vega vega- tables an and wheat wheat- T Tae lC largest est f Ingle angle reduction Ts Is on wheat where the tho Canadian duty is cut from front 30 cents a bushel to 12 cents Maine potatoes and Florida oranges aio aro aronow now on Canadas Canada's free list T Tae le United States reduces the duty on Imports from Canada pf ct Continued on last page This Week In hi Washington Continued from page one beef beet cattle callie dairy cows cream see seed ha hay horses livo potatoes lumber poultry cheddar cheese which la and r ordinary mouse cheese apples maple sugar among oth other r lt Item mp The American tariff on Canadian I whiskey la Jg reduced from 5 to per gallon On the other hand American ma magazines zincs Canada a afree admits free of duty uty What alarms some of oC the Pr Presidents President's st- st don dents dent's ts t's advisers most Is the list of ot radian agricultural products that Ca Canadian a will ill be a admitted to the Sta 3 free or at nt reduced tariff I nates Test of or excited excited ex ex- ex- ex timid owes ones S expect a storm cited protest from American farmers farmel's farmers farm- farm ers el's ers but bul that fear Jr Is discount discounted tl by those who woo point out that ws are art already importing over a high tariff wall v a a. considerable part pert of the nations nation's food supply i Whether this now Can Canadian i agreement rs is another straw 11 pant pant- i ing toward the abandonment of the the reduced Administrations Administration's policy of 1 production and high prices In favor i of oC generally lower prices to cons con consumers con I Eumers sumers for everth everything ng Is an open oven question lle Continent Comment There are very clear ev e evidences denees es j of an official desire to put the Administration Adi Ad Ad- i I Government on ona ministration of the I a a. more economical basis The Civil Service Commission reported the theother theother other day daJ that there are re now j civil employees of oC the Government outside e of those in tho the and on Work York Relief projects Those figures which dont don't i Prelude include the Army and Navy arre the highest high high- highest est et ever reached in time of peace Considerable amazement Is being expressed over oyer the disclosure that thoat Dr Tugwell well as Administrator ot or ithe Rural P res Resettlement tt has employed em emr more than persons In his division I Some of the th thongs that rose rise P in inthe I Ithe the surface of the bubbling political political poli poli- pot The Presidents President's remark the other day that Ii lif he were a vc er In NebI Nebraska ask a ho would work for the lie return to the Senate of the present present present pres pres- ent Republican Senator George GeorgeA A. A Norris This was in answer to Senator statement that n ne wanted to retire from public life Senator Senator- Borah's norah's statement o oh on his return to Washington that he has ely determined his poll y This i hs Is variously interpreted but generally taken to mean that he is isan isan isan an active act candidate for the Republican Republican lican He did not say what wb-at hs s policy would be The declaration by Governor I Olsen Quen of Minnesota that a a. na- na tonal third party part is inevitable per per- I naps in 1936 Former P Pre President r e s i d doe e n 11 t Hoovers Hoover's I speech in Now Y York rk in which homade he ho made his hla most vigorous attack yet upon the New Deal and I especially the Administrations Administration's montary mon mon- lary tary policies polices It was the most humorous and ep c speech Mr lr Heaver has ever eyer made Its is effect In Washington has been to strengthen the COIl that he i is actively working for a natIon The American Bankers AS OOla- OOla ia- ia I tion lion broke the truce between the flanks s and the Administration which was reached la last t year and came out n n open opposition on to the Govern ments ment's fiscal po policies Rumor has hasit tt it that Senator Carter Glass is lining lin- lin Ing up strong support in the Senate to pre prevent nt the confirmation of Chairman Eccles of ot the Federal Reserve Reserve Re Re- serve Board |