Word: last-gasp
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...Committee was a bill which would automatically up tariff rates as foreign currencies decline. As a witness on this measure last week Republican Chairman O'Brien of the Tariff Commission split with his President and his party when he said: "Our imports today are at a very low ebb. We're not being flooded by imports. Our relations abroad are already bad enough. If you want an embargo, go ahead and pass this bill." That no last-gasp Republican tariff bill should pass the House was the firm purpose of the Democratic majority...