Word: tariffers
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...When some 600 delegates gathered in The Hague's 13th Century Ridderzaal to continue discussions of European Federation, Winston Churchill broke a precedent and surprised Dutch delegates and journalists by: 1. Suggesting that Holland eliminate the tariff on imported beer. 2. Smoking a cigar...
...Extended the President's power to make reciprocal trade agreements for one year (instead of three), authorizing the Tariff Commission to determine how much rates could be cut without danger to domestic industry...
...other leader was apple-cheeked, 85-year-old Uncle Joe Grundy, the wealthy Quaker mill-owner whose name has long been a synonym for high-tariff Republicanism and who has fed and guided the forces of Pennsylvania's conservatism for nearly half a century. Uncle Joe is quite deaf, scorns such contraptions as hearing aids, and conserves his energy. While he planned the strategy for his camp this week, the tactics were in the hands of his handyman, National Committeeman G. Mason Owlett, who doubles in brass as president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association. Grundy, Owlett & Co. were...
...Approved and sent to conference the Vandenberg-Millikin compromise on reciprocal trade, which removed the House-approved congressional veto on tariff agreements. ¶ Tabled oleo tax repeal...
...years. ¶ Ignored Secretary George Marshall's urgent request for a three-year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, the nation's most successful experiment in economic internationalism. Instead, it voted to extend the act for one year only, adding a provision which would bring major tariff changes under congressional veto. Senator Arthur Vandenberg announced that when the bill reached the Senate he would do his best to take the veto out again...