MORE POWER SOUGHT

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 12199, 10 March 1934, Page 5

MORE POWER SOUGHT

ROOSEVELT SHOULD DECIDE

TARIFFS

MINISTER’S APPEAL TO HOUSE COMMITTEE.

(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Rec. March 9, 7-50 p.m.)

WASHINGTON, March 9

Mr. Hull, Secretary of State, Mr. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, and Mr. Roper, Secretary of Commerce, appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee and urged the speedy appro car cf legislation giving the President power to nego-

tiate reciprocal tariff agreements. Mr. Hull gave a solemn warning that action was necessary if the nation was to retrieve any substantial portipn of its lost foreign trade. He explained that most other nations bait delegated such authority to their executives, who were able to make trade agreements over-night, while America’s hands were tied. Mr. Wallace startled Republican pommitteemen by paying frankly that some “inefficient” industries should be allowed to die or be discouraged from expanding, so a s to allow more imports to balance exports..

DEMOCRATS GROW RESTIVE. VETERANS ALLOWANCES AND FEDERAL SALARIES. ECONOMY PLAN NOT SUPPORTED. (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Rec. March- 9, 3 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 8. The Democratic leaders of tins House failed to-liight- to hold their membership in line to support- - the President’s economy programme. At the caucus, the Democratic membership rejected a motion by representative Joseph Byrus, Tennessee majority leader, to send an independent office bill carrying Senate ’amendments, providing for 350 million collars in veterans benefits- and Federal pay cut restoration to the conference, with an instruction to the conferees. This requires, a two-thirds vote to bind the membership, and those favoring the Administration programme mustered only 136 against 71 in the veterans’ Bloc. The speaker, Mr. Rainey, announced after a four-hour meeting behind closed doors, that the Bill will bo brought into the House and the Senate amendment voted on separately. The vote came in tli? face of a threat -of' a veto from the President, who at a White House conference earlier to-day told- the leaders of both Houses that increases in the vcte'ranV allowances a.nj Government salaries was not acceptable to him-

The Senate amendment call for the restoration of benefits estimated at 118 million dollars to - the veterans taken off the rolE by the Economy Act last year, the restoration of tbe 15 per cent pay cut foT Federal employees, and a return to various automatic promotions, pay and wages to day laborers in the Federal service.