Trade Expansion Act of 1962. 87-2

H.R. 9900

A BILL TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, FOREIGN

POLICY, AND SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS AND THROUGH

ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE TO DOMESTIC INDUSTRY, AGRI-

CULTURE, AND LABOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MARCH 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, APRIL 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9,

10, AND 11, 1962

PART 1

Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means

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WASHINGTON : 1962

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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

WILBUR D. MILLS, Arkansas, Chairman

CECIL R. KING, California

NOAH M. MASON, Illinois

THOMAS J. O'BRIEN, Ilinois

JOHN W. BYRNES, Wisconsin

HALE BOGG8, Louisiana

HOWARD H. BAKER, Tennessee

EUGENE J. KEOGH, New York

THOMAS B. CURTIS, Missouri

BURR P. HARRISON, Virginia

VICTOR A. KNOX, Michigan

FRANK M. KARSTEN, Missouri

JAMES B. UTT, California

A. 8. HERLONG, JR., Florida

JACKSON E. BETTS, Ohio

JAMES B. FRAZIER, JR., Tennessee

BRUCE ALGER, Texas

WILLIAM J. GREEN, JR., Pennsylvania STEVEN B. DEROUNIAN, New York

JOHN C. WATTS, Kentucky

HERMAN T. SCHNEEBELI, Pennsylvania

AL ULLMAN, Oregon

JAMES A, BURKE, Massachusetts

CLARK W. THOMPSON, Texas

MARTHA W. GRIFFITHS, Michigan

LEO H, IRWIN, Chief Counsel

JOHN M. MARTIN, Jr., Assistant Chief Counsel

WILLIAM H. QUEALY, Minority Counsel

GERARD M. BRANNON, Professional Staff

RAYMOND F. CONKLING, Professional Staf

ALFRED R. MCCAULEY, Professional Staff

CONTENTS

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House Document No. 314. Reciprocal trade agreements program, message

from the President of the United States relative to the reciprocal trade Page

egreements program.-------

H.R. 9900, a bill to promote the general welfare, foreign policy, and

Security of the United States through international trade agreements and

through adjustment assistance to domestic industry, agriculture, and

labor, and for other purposes.-----

Section-by-section analysis of Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (H.R. 9900) as

prepared by the executive branch.-----

Press release dated February 16, 1962, announcing public hearings on,

President's reciprocal trade agreements proposal ---

Letter from Howard C. Peterson, Special Assistant to the President, dated

March 9, 1962, to Congressman Mills with list of modifications to text of

H.R. 9900 enclosed.----

Tariff Commission, U.S. memorandum on H.R. 9900, the Trade Expansion

Act of 1962...

905

Comparative print of H.R. 9900, Trade Expansion Act of 1962-

1021

STATEMENTS

Adams, Benjamin, commissioner of employment security, State of New

Hampshire----------

3229

Adams, Charles F., president, Raytheon Co.----

2761

Agriculture, Department of, Hon. Orville L. Freeman, Secretary---

835

Allen, George V., president and executive director, the Tobacco Institute,

2903

Aluminum Association:

Douglas, John W., president..--

2536

Hickman, Leon...

2536

Lipkowitz, Irving, chairman, foreign trade committee

2536

Aluminum Smelters Research Institute:

Douglas, John W.-----

2536

Hickman, Leon ----

2536

Lipkowitz, Irving-----

American Association of Apparel and Textile Importers, Inc., Jerome M.

Pitofsky, president.-----

2727

American Association of Port Authorities, Michael M. Mora, chairman,

committee on foreign commerce.....

3292

American Association of University Women, Mrs. Edwin P. Jordan,

member, national committee of international relations.----

1465

American Bankers Association, Dr. Charls E. Walker, executive vice

president-

2668

American Bar Association, Raoul Berger, chairman, section of administra-

tive law...

3141

American Book Publishers Council:

Booher, Edward E.---

2811

Frase, Robert W., associate managing director. -

2151

American Chamber of Commerce for Trade With Italy, Inc., Willia

Barnhard, counsel.---.

2500

American Coalition of Patriotic Societies, Inc., Homer Brett, Jr...

2516

American Committee on Japan, Mike M. Masaoka.---

3233 -

American Die Casting Institute:

Lipkowitz, Irving --..

2536

American Farm Bureau Federation, Charles B. Shuman, president.---. 3209

2536

Inc.---

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations:

Page

Meany, George, president.------

1145

Ruttenberg, Stanley, director, department of research..----

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1145

American Fine China Guild, Robert J. Sullivan, immediate past president.. 2309

American Flint Glass Workers' Union of North America, George M.

Parker, international president.--.

2325

American Forged Fittings & Flange Association, F. C. Kuckuck, member,

board of directors.---

3669

American Importers of Brass & Copper Mill Products, Inc., William J.

Barnhard, counsel..

2500

American Institute for Imported Steel, Inc., Seymour Graubard, counsel 3585

American Knit Glove Association, John H. Zwicker, president.------ 2799

American National Cattlemen's Association, C. W. McMillan, executive

vice president.--

2572

American Paper & Pulp Association, Gabriel J. Ticoulat, vice president

and member of executive committee.--..

1614

American Bankers Association, Dr. Charls E. Walker, executive vice

American-St. Gobain Corp., Robinson F. Barker..

2266

American Silk Council, Inc., Milton H. Rubin, president.---

3152

American Textbook Publishers Institute:

Booher, Edward E.--------

2811

Frase, Robert W., associate managing director.-----

2151

American Veterans Committee, J. Arnold Feldman, executive director -- 1836

American Watch Association, Julian Lazrus, chairman, customs committee. 1583

American Watch Workers Union, Ralph Frey, president.-------

1569

American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., John R. Griffith, counsel. ----- 3685

Americans for Democratic Action, Richard C. Sachs, treasurer ----- 2687

America's Textile Reporter, Frank P. Bennett III, executive editor.---- 2021

Amoss, W. J., director, Board of Commissioners, Port of New Orleans --- 3294

Anti-Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association, E. R. Broden, president. 1607

Ashley, James M., president, Trade Relations Council of the United States,

1224

Aspinall, Hon. Wayne N., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Colorado..

1305

Association Nationale Des Tisseurs De Tapis, James R. Sharp.-------- 2155

Association of American Wood Pulp Importers, James R. Sharp----

2155

Association of Food Distributors, Inc., William J. Barnhard, counsel,

imported nut section...

2500

Association of Pacific Fisheries, Harold A. O'Neill, executive secretary

(presented by Charles R. Carry)--

3379

Association of Japanese Textile Îmports, Inc., Mike M. Masaoka, Wash-

ington representative.------

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3233

Auerbach, John, executive secretary, Bicycle Manufacturers Association

of America -

1389

Axer, Jack, marketing director, California Almond Growers Exchange.-- 1640

Babbitt, William C., managing director, National Association of Photo-

graphic Manufacturers. ----------

2929

Bailey, Hon. Cleveland M., a Representative in Congress from the State

of West Virginia -------

2193

Baldanzi, George, international president, United Textile Workers of

America, AFL-CIO.-----

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Ball, Hon. George W., Acting Secretary of State ---

631

Barker, Robinson F., vice president in charge of glass and fiber glass

group, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.---

2266

Barnhard, William J., counsel, office equipment section, National Council

of American Importers, Inc.; American Chamber of Commerce for

Trade With Italy, Inc.; American Importers of Brass & Copper Mill

Products, Inc.; and the imported nut section, Association of Food Dis-

tributors, Inc..

2500

Bartlett, John S., Soft Fibre Manufacturers' Institute...

2806

Bassett, Clement R., director, department of employment security, State

of West Virginia.--

3407

Bean, Robert L., director, World Trade Division, Chicago Association of

Commerce and Industry----

3424

Behrman, Jack N., Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs,

Department of Commerce.--.

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Bennett, Frank P., III, executive editor, America's Textile Reporter.---

Bennett, Hon. John B., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Michigan.-----

Benoit, Þr. Emile, Friends Committee on National Legislation --

Berger, Raoul, chairman, section of administrative law, American Bar

Association. ---

Berkowitz, Max, director, National Authority Ladies' Handbag Industry --

Bernstien, Meyer, international affairs director, United Steelworkers of

America...

Beverage Machinery Manufacturers Association, John Marshall, executive

vice president.------

Bicycle Manufacturers Association of America:

Auerbach, John, executive secretary --

Stoeffhaas, William F., chairman, tariff committee.---

Birch Club of Wisconsin, Gordon Connor..

Black, Dr. William E., director of economics and research, Florida Citrus

Commission..---

Boarman, Dr. Patrick M.--

Booher, Edward E., American Textbook Publishers Institute, American

Book Publishers Council, and president, McGraw-Hill Book Co.------

Borg-Warner Corp., Roy C. Ingersoll, honorary chairman of the board.--

Bosell, Glen, president, Cycle Parts & Accessories Association.--------

Bradley, Gen. Omar N., chairman of the board, Bulova Watch Co., Inc.

Braided Rug Manufacturers Association, Albert Taraborelli, president.--

Brett, Homer, Jr., American Coalition of Patriotic Societies, Inc.--------

Briggs, Bruce J., executive vice president, Kraeuter & Co., Inc.--------

Brightman, Robert L., president, National Council of American Importers,

Inc....

Brinkley, Homer L., executive vice president, National Council of Farmer

Cooperatives.----

Briscoe, Mrs. John D., member, board of directors, League of Women

British-American Chamber of Commerce, Bernard B. Smith, counsel. ----

Broden, E. R., president, Anti-Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association.

Brown, Mrs. Donald, member, national public affairs committee, National

Council of Jewish Women.---

Brown, Perry, chairman, Employment Security Commission, State of

------

Bryan, Byron E., president, Calypso Plywood Co.

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Bulova Watch Co., Inc., Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the board.--

Burley & Dark Leaf Tobacco Export Association, Frank B. Snodgrass,

managing director.---

Byrne, George P., Jr., U.S. Wood Screw Service Bureau, Tubular & Split

Rivet Council, Service Tools Institute, and Special Wire Nail Manufac-

turers of America.-----------

California Almond Growers Exchange, Jack Axer, marketing director...

California Fish Canners Association, Inc., Charles R. Carry, executive di-

rector.--.-

California, State of, Irving H. Perluss, director, department of employ-

ment.

Calypso Plywood Co., Byron E. Bryan, president.-----

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Carey, Edward M., president, Independent Fuel Oil Marketers of America.

Carey, James B., president, International Union of Electrical, Radio & Ma-

chine Workers, AFL-CIO.---

Carry, Charles R., executive director, California Fish Canners Association,

Ine..

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Casey, Hon. Bob, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas..

Casey, James H., Jr., executive secretary, National Association of Glove

Manufacturers.--

Cassidy, James P., counsel, Textile Aniline Co.-

Caterpillar Tractor Co., Robert S. Eckley, manager, business research de-

partment...

Cates, Saul. New England Shoe Manufacturers.----

Chamber of Commerce of the United States, A. B. Sparboe, director.

Channel Master Corp., Harold Harris, vice president..

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