U.S. RECIPROCAL TRADE
A.F.L.’S ATTITUDE ON TARIFFS
(Rec. 9.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, January 25. The American Federation of Labour declined to-day to give unqualified support to President Truman’s request for full restoration of the tariffmaking procedures under which the reciprocal trade programme of Mr Cordell Hull was developed.
Through its national legislative representative, Mr Walter Mason, the federation gave the House Ways and Means Committee its endorsement of the principle of reducing -barriers to international trade, but expressed fear that this might be overdone to the detriment of some United States workers.
The federation thus differed from the other big labour organisations the Congress of Industrial Organisations, which gave its unprovisional backing. The federation has always contended that Mr Hull’s programme failed to give sufficient consideration to the competition of low-paid foreign craftsmen. The C. 1.0. is not concerned about such competition, since the overwhelming majority of its members are connected with mass production industries that can meet competition through superior technology.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25713, 27 January 1949, Page 5
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