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...once on foreign trade, reported out and sent to the House 1) an Administration-backed customs simplification bill, and 2) a protectionist bill, sponsored by Pennsylvania's Republican Richard Simpson, that would, among other things, impose tight quotas on oil imports and stiffer duties on lead and zinc imports...
...Leipzig, 1,400 zinc and steel workers marched on strike, tore hats and guns away from traffic policemen who tried to halt them, grabbed Leipzig Mayor Uhlich and forced him to march at the head, his chest covered with a sign saying: "Down with the Government!" Where one German fell dead from a Vopo's bullet, the revolters heaped flowers and set up a sign: "Here a German was shot to death by a German...
...Star Is Born. Mickey Charles Mantle, born and raised in Oklahoma, was dedicated to the major leagues before he was even born. His father, Elven Charles Mantle, known as "Mutt," spent most of his working life in the Oklahoma lead and zinc mines around Commerce (pop. 2,442), but the big interest of his life was baseball. Mutt Mantle had been a sandlot player; Mutt's son was to be a big-leaguer...
...seaway aftef 'talking to President Eisenhower, St. Laurent answered diplomatically : neither encouraged nor discouraged. ¶ U.S.-Canadian trade. St. Laurent worried about U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, particularly about a bill, now pending before the House of Representatives, which calls for higher tariffs on Canadian lead and zinc. Said St. Laurent in a speech at the National Press Club: "[A] vast exchange of goods for the common advantage of our two peoples is ... essential to the strength and prosperity of this continent . . . [We] need . . . trade policies of good neighbors." St. Laurent suggested a joint board to expand and liberalize...
...world trade is more urgent than ever before, it appears that Congress may replace this vital primer to Western economy with the special interests' dream--the Simpson Act. The Act would hand presidential control of trade agreements to the conservative U.S. Tariff Commission, while providing higher barriers for lead, zinc, and fuel oil. Opposed by Dulles, Eisenhower, and most of the Democrats, the Simpson Act would be the precurser of a dangerous high-tariff program...