1945 EXTENSION OF RECIPROCAL TRADE

AGREEMENTS ACT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 2652

SUPERSEDED BY

H. R. 3240

A BILL TO EXTEND THE AUTHORITY OF THE

PRESIDENT UNDER SECTION 350 OF THE

TARIFF ACT OF 1930, AS AMENDED,

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

VOLUME 2

[REVISED]

MAY 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, AND 14, 1945

INDEXED

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1945 EXTENSION OF RECIPROCAL TRADE

AGREEMENTS ACT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 2652

SUPERSEDED BY

H. R. 3240

A BILL TO EXTEND THE AUTHORITY OF THE

PRESIDENT UNDER SECTION 350 OF THE

TARIFF ACT OF 1930, AS AMENDED,

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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VOLUME 2

[REVISED]

MAY 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, AND 14, 1945

INDEXED

Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1945

CONTENTS

Statement of-

Adkerson, J. Carson, president, American Manganese Producers

Association

Angney, D. H., Rhode Island Textile Association, Providence, R. I.

Asper, Bjarne, president, Overseas Automotive Club, Inc., New

York, N. Y..

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1651

2269

2664

2133

1676

1547

Benjamin, Edward, president, Myles Salt Co. and Bay Chemical Co.,
New Orleans, La.

Bevans, James W., National Council of American Importers, Inc.,
New York City -

Besse, Arthur, president of the National Association of Wool Manu-
facturers..

Brown, D. K., representing the American Paper and Pulp Association,
Neenah, Wis.

Brown, Millard D., Continental Mills, Inc..

Blunt, Irene, secretary and treasurer, National Federation of Textiles,

Inc., New York, N. Y........

2571

2097*

1698

Brown, Russell B., general counsel for the Independent Petroleum

Association of America

2422

Burns, John, representative of curtain section, Amalgamated Lace

Operatives, Philadelphia, Pa.

2603

Carey, James B., secretary-treasurer, Congress of Industrial Organi-

zations...

2374

Christensen, Leo M., chemurgy project, University of Nebraska,

Lincoln, Nebr..

2584

Coe, Harry L., representing the Bicycle Institute of America, Wash-

ington, D. C..

2146

Cohn, Louis Marbe, importer, felt and straw goods.

Colby, George E., general manager, International Braid Co., Provi-

dence, R. I.

2609

2168

Dixon, Frederick, Philadelphia, Pa., representing the Amalgamated

Lace Operators of America, lever section.

2311

Duffy, James M., national president, National Brotherhood of Opera-

tive Potters, East Liverpool, Ohio-

Flanders, Ralph E., president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston,

Boston, Mass

Fraser, Samuel, secretary, International Apple Association, Rochester,

N. Y.

Garcia, Alvaro M., representing Cigar Manufacturers Association of

America and Cigar Manufacturers Association of Tampa, Fla...........

Gaunt, Alfred C., Methuen, Mass.-

Harrison, George M., president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks.

Herbert, Wilwyn, National Fabrics Institute, New London, Conn....

Hinshaw, Hon. Carl, a Representative in Congress from the State of

California..

Holman, Charles W., secretary, National Cooperative Milk Producers

Federation...

Johnston, Franklin, president and publisher of American Exporter,

New York City-

Jones, J. M., secretary, National Wool Growers Association –

Kanzler, Ernest, chairman of the board of the Universal C. I. T. Credit

Corporation..

Lerch, John G., New York, N. Y., representing the Industrial Wire
Cloth Institute and the Toy Manufacturers of America.--

Lewis, Hon. Earl R., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Ohio..

1529

2396

2324

1569

2453

2237

2155

2815

1967

2647

1738

2408

2507

2845