STANFOR LIBRARY HEARINGS BEFORE THE JUL 6 1953 DOCUMENT COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 5106 A BILL TO AMEND CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS LIB 34882 MAY 27, 28, AND 29, 1953 Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1953 CONTENTS Page Altschuler, Benjamin M., counsel, Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc__. Beiter, Alfred F., national president, National Customs Service Berkowitz, Max, codirector, National Authority for the Ladies' 169 Breckinridge, John, on behalf of Pin, Clip and Fastener Association__ Burnstine, B. N., representing National Jewelers Association. Grinberg, P. Irving, executive vice chairman, Jewelers Vigilance Jones, Rowland, Jr., president, American Retail Federation. Krebs, Alfred V., counsel, National Federation of American Shipping-- Martin, Robert F., executive secretary, Vitrified China Association, 201 McFaden, C. P., chairman, rubber footwear division, Rubber Manu- 115 Pickrell, Eugene R., attorney, New York, N. Y. Prince, Gregory S., general solicitor, Association of American Railroads Radcliffe, Harry S., executive vice president, National Council of Ray, John C., chairman, import and customs committee, Detroit Rose, Hon. H. Chapman, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, ac- companied by Charles R. McNeill, Assistant General Counsel; David B. Strubinger, Acting Commissioner of Customs; and W. R. Johnson, Assistant to the Commissioner of Customs. - Strackbein, O. R., chairman, Nationwide Committee of Industry, Agriculture, and Labor on Import-Export Policy. Tipton, Stuart G., general counsel, Air Transport Association of 181 98 Wagner, Dr. Cary, president, Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufac- White, Richard P., executive secretary, American Association of 94 Air Transport Association of America: Letter from S. G. Tipton, 107 211 217 American Knit Handwear Association, Inc., letter from Harry A. 210 American Retail_Federation, member associations of 60 American Tariff League, letter from A. C. Ackerman, first vice presi- 179 Additional information submitted for the record by-Continued Central Manufacturing Co., letter from Gilbert Rosenthal, Columbia University Libraries, letter from Richard H. Logsdon, Commerce and Industry Association of New York, Inc., letter fi Cornell University Library, letter from Stephen A. McCarthy, rector... Statement of John C. Ray, chairman, import and customs co Telegram from Gerald R. Heatter, world trade manager. Energetic Worsted Corp., statement of John J. Hosey, president__ Export Managers' Club of New Orleans, telegram from David Foreign Trade Association of Southern California, telegram fr Fountain Pen and Mechanical Pencil Manufacturers' Associati statement of Frank L. King, executive secretary. Haase, A. C. L., Co., letter from Walter S. Haase- Houston Chamber of Commerce, telegram from John C. Flanag Houston World Trade Association, telegram from Tom Brown, pr International House, letter from G. E. Roper, Jr., director, wo Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, letter from Alonzo Lansford, directo Johns Hopkins University Library, letter from Warren J. Ha Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, letter from Roy M. Hag Museum of Modern Art, letter from Rene d'Harnoncourt_ Mutual Security Agency, statement of National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Importers, Inc., let from Harry L. Lourie, executive vice president__ National Association of Waste Material Dealers, Inc., statement Richard Levi, chairman, legislative committee, Textile Fib National Cotton Council of America, letter from William Rhea Bla National Creameries Association, letter from Otie M. Reed, Wa National Customs Service Association: Additional statement of Alfred F. Beiter.. How Congress and the courts have supported the vital function Legislative background and history of tariff laws.. Beiter, Alfred E. national president_ Frankel, Allan J., chairman, wage and hours committee.. National Foreign Trade Council, statement of William S. Swing Nationwide Committee of Industry, Agriculture, and Labor Excerpts and correspondence from previous hearings concern Letter from O. R. Strackbein, chairman_ Additional information submitted for the record by-Continued New York Board of Trade, telegram from Fred J. Emmerich, chair- Pennsylvania, University of, letter from Froelich Rainey, director, Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, resolution of.. Port of New Orleans, letter from E. H. Lockenberg, general manager__ Port of Seattle, letter from Warren D. Lamport, managing director. Princeton University Library, letter from Lawrence Heyl, associate Propeller Club of the United States, port of Houston, telegram from Scarbrough, E. M., & Sons, letter from J. W. Scarbrough enclosing Siber Hegner & Co., Inc., letter from Frederic A. Fery, Jr., assistant Tobacco Associates, Inc., statement of J. B. Hutson, president_ Trans-Pacific Import & Export Co., letter from Edward J. Kraft, Customs Simplification Act of 1953, comparison with act of 1951 Summary explanation of H. R. 5106, by Committee on Ways and U. S. Customs Inspectors' Association, letter from C. W. Tait, chair- United States Chamber of Commerce, letter from Clarence R. Miles_. Page 225 221 218 209 110 213 202 |