THE TRADE REFORM ACT OF 1973

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 10710

AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN,
NONDISCRIMINATORY, AND FAIR WORLD ECONOMIC SYS-
TEM, TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MARCH 4, 5, 6, 7, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; APRIL 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9,
AND 10, 1974

30-229

PART 6 OF 6 PARTS

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CONTENTS

(PARTS 1-6)

Dscussions between Members of the Committee on Finance and the wit- Page

nesses:

Russell B. Long (chairman).

1-4,

175, 206–11, 220–23, 225, 227, 375, 378, 497, 403, 413, 415-20, 438-44,
451, 457-59, 479-81, 486, 1135, 1143, 1147, 1164-67, 1223, 1238,
1241, 1247, 1249, 1261, 1263, 1264, 1271, 1331, 1336, 1337, 1397
Herman Talmadge-

223-27,
413-15, 459-62, 713, 716, 717, 723, 725, 726, 741, 838, 866, 947, 950,
951, 964, 967, 968, 975, 997, 998, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1019, 1020, 1037,
1038, 1040, 1041, 1043, 1044, 1405, 1408, 1414, 1415, 1486, 1489-92,
1498, 1501, 1504, 1524, 1528-31, 1551, 1558, 1559, 1573, 1614, 1867,
1869, 1872, 1873, 1889, 1890, 1898, 1899

Vance Hartke.

256,
261-67, 409-13, 431-38, 444-50, 463-65, 736, 739-41, 857-64, 867,
868, 873-75, 879, 881-83, 912, 913, 931, 1098-1103, 1148-52, 1329,
1414, 1415, 1430, 1433, 1434, 1436, 2031, 2042, 2046-49, 2063, 2064,
2067, 2097, 2098, 2102, 2103, 2117, 2143
230-33, 467-69, 488, 489, 495, 497, 498
3,
4, 191-93, 227, 233–36, 470-72, 725, 726–28, 1143-45, 1331, 2232–35,
2244, 2245, 2247
183-88,

J. W. Fulbright..
Abraham Ribicoff.

Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

243-45, 474-76, 481-93, 495-98, 731-33, 1155, 1156, 1158, 1164, 1491,
1492, 1503, 1504, 1526, 1531, 1532

478,

Gaylord Nelson_

Walter F. Mondale..

479, 867, 1161-64, 1636, 1640, 1904-06, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1930,
1931
179-81,
1574-77, 1583, 1587, 1588, 1600-06, 1614, 1622, 1630, 1639-41, 1643,
1645, 1668, 1673

Mike Gravel___
Lloyd Bentsen___
Wallace F. Bennett.

481-84,
251-54, 401-03, 882, 1160, 1161, 1575-78, 1671-73, 2265–72
203-05,
227-31, 462-63, 728–31, 1051, 1054, 1059-61, 1502, 1503
Carl T. Curtis___
200-03,
254-60, 465, 466, 486-88, 1279, 1280, 1291, 1320, 1322-25, 2014-17
Paul J. Fannin___
196-200,
407-09, 469, 470, 489-91, 734-36, 846-48, 864-66, 1061, 1062, 1075-
77, 1083, 1084, 1086, 1087, 1089-93, 1097, 1098, 1103, 1121, 1122,
1126-30, 1585, 1586, 1588-90, 1598-1600, 1605, 1606, 1614-16, 1631,
1632, 1639, 1669-71, 1689-93, 1704-06, 1720-22, 1738, 1743-46, 1750,
2133, 2137, 2140-43

Clifford P. Hansen__.

185,
188-90, 208, 236, 240-43, 472-74, 842-44, 883, 999, 1000, 1008, 1009,
1020, 1021, 1062-64, 1074, 1075, 1093–95, 1097, 1129, 1632–34, 1642-
44, 1673, 1674, 1902–05, 1923-25, 1926, 1945, 1946, 1949–53, 1963

Robert Dole__.

404-06,
476-78, 1145-48, 1263, 1577, 1586, 1587, 1602-04, 1952, 1975, 1981,
1983, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2042, 2048, 2064–67, 2097, 2100, 2102
Bob Packwood__.
181,
183, 246-48, 398-401, 741-44, 844-46, 866, 867, 951, 976, 1000, 1010,
1021, 1022, 1152-55, 1280-84, 1325, 1524, 1525, 1634, 1635, 1641,
1644, 1674-76, 1794-99, 1805-14, 1841-46, 1855-58, 1864, 1873-75,
1883, 1890, 1899-1901, 1906, 1920-23, 1925, 1931, 1952, 1975, 1976,
1983, 2246, 2247, 2267-70, 2273-75, 2311, 2313, 2320, 2323-25,
2329-32

Discussion between Members of the Committee on Finance and the witnesses-Continued

William V. Roth, Jr.-

Page

4,

176-78, 48-51, 420-24, 484-86, 493-95, 1158, 1159, 1284, 1337-41, 1371, 1379-81, 1635, 1636, 1759, 1760, 1762, 1780

ADMINISTRATION WITNESSES

Hon. Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State, accompanied by:
Ambassador William D. Eberle, Special Representative for Trade
Negotiations; and Linwood Holton, Assistant Secretary of State__

451

Hon. Earl L. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture----
Hon. Frederick B. Dent, Secretary of Commerce--
Hon. Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor...

375

382

394

Hon. George F. Shultz, Secretary of the Treasury accompanied by :

Hon. William D. Eberle, Special Representative for Trade Negotiations

163

Hon. Peter M. Flanigan, Executive Director, Council on International
Economic Policies..

167

Hon. William D. Eberle, Special Representative for Trade Negotiations,
Executive Office of the President, accompanied by :

Hon. Harold Malmgren, Deputy Special Representative, and John H. Jackson, General Counsel and Acting Deputy Special Representative

PUBLIC WITNESSES

Abel, I. W., president, United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, accompanied by:

211

Jacob Clayman, secretary-treasurer, Industrial Union Department—
AFL-CIO
Academic Committee on Soviet Jewry, Seymour Martin Lipset, member,
executive committee; Stanley Lowell, chairman, National Conference of
Soviety Jewry; and Sister Margaret Ellen Traxler, chairman, National
Interreligious Task Force On Soviet Jewry, accompanied by:
Jerry Goodman, executive director, NCSJ__

1329

2241

Adams, Dr. Walter, Michigan State University, and Dr. Joel B. Dirlam,
University of Rhode Island___.

1087

Adduci, V. J., president, Electronic Industries Association, accompanied by: William H. Moore, vice president, Electronic Industries Association, and director, International Business Council__

1663

Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc., Karl G. Harr, Jr., president

1704

AFL-CIO, George Meany, president, accompanied by:

Andrew Biemiller, director, department of legislation; and
Nat Goldfinger, director, department of research-.

1135

Ahlbrandt, Roger S., chairman, Allegheny Ludlum Industries, on behalf of American Iron and Steel Institute and Tool and Stainless Steel Industry Committee___

1055

Air Transport Association of America, Norman J. Philion, senior vice
president, Government and Public Affairs, accompanied by :
Gabe Phillips, vice president, International Services; and
Charles Butler, Special Advisor on Government and Public Affairs--
Allegheny Ludlum Industries, Roger S. Ahlbrandt, chairman__.
American Association of Port Authorities, Clifford B. O'Hara, chairman,
committee XI, foreign commerce, director, Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey, chairman, Federal legislation and government traffic
committee, North Atlantic Ports Association, accompanied by:
Anu Lacis, secretary; and

C. Thomas Burke, chairman, U.S. section, International Association
of Great Lakes Ports, executive director, Seaway Port Authority
of Duluth___.

American Chain Association, Edward M. Rhodes, president, accompanied
by:

Wyatt Dawson, chairman of the board; and
John Hock, counsel___

2095

1055

1578

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PUBLIC WITNESSES-Continued

Page

American Dinnerware Emergency Committee, Richard S. Reese, president,
Scio Pottery Co., accompanied by:

James D. Williams, Jr., counsel....

1841

American Farm Bureau Federation, William J. Kuhfuss, president, accompanied by:

Donald E. Hirsch, American Farm Bureau Federation___. American Footwear Industries Association, Robert S. Lockridge, cochairman, Footwear Industry Emergency Committee on Trade Policy, accompanied by:

1004

Mark Richardson, president, American Footwear Industries Association American Imported Automobile Dealers Association:

1895

Malcom S. Pray, member, Volkswagen National Dealer Council,
chairman, Porsche Audi National Dealer Council_.

2039

Robert M. McElwaine, executive vice president, American Imported
Automobile Dealers Association____

2041

American Importers Association, Simon Katz, president, and executive
vice president, New York Merchandise Co., accompanied by :
Gerald O'Brien, executive vice president, AIA; and
David Plameter, Daniels & Houlihan__.

1223

Automobile Importers of America, Ralph T. Millet, president, accompanied by:

John B. Rehm, counsel

2037

American Institute for Imported Steel, Inc., Alfred R. McCauley and Seymour Graubard, counsel, Graubard, Moskovitz, & McCauley, accompanied by:

Ernest Wimpfheimer, past president, and director, American Institute for Imported Steel, Inc--

1084

American Institute of Merchant Shipping, James J. Reynolds, president, accompanied by:

Barbara Burke, legislative assistant--

1551

American Iron & Steel Institute, Stewart S. Cort, chairman, and chairman,
Bethlehem Steel_.

1052

American Paper Institute, Sture G. Olsson, chairman of the board, Chesapeake Corp. of Virginia, accompanied by:

Judson Hannigan, president, International Paper Co., chairman,
Containerboard Division, American Paper Institute:
Edwin A. Locke, Jr., president, American Paper Institute; and
Dr. Irene W. Meister, director, international business and special
projects, American Paper Institute__.

1526

American Retail Federation and the National Retail Merchants Association,, Stanley J. Goodman, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, May Department Stores Co., accompanied by :

Eugene A. Keeney, president, American Retail Federation;

James R. Williams, president, National Retail Merchants Association; and

Paul Victor, counsel__.

1946

Anthony, Mark T., vice president and general manager, Steel Division of
Kaiser Steel Corp--.

1056

Atlantic Council of the United States, John M. Leddy, chairman, advisory trade panel-----

909

Barnard, Robert C., counsel, on behalf of Synthetic Organic Chemical
Manufacturers Association.......

1277

Beck, Dr. Hubert Park, chairman, on behalf of the Russian Dollar Bondholders Committee of the United States---

1811

Benson, Lucy Wilson, president, League of Women Voters of the United
States, accompanied by:

Dr. Fruzsina Fedlam, national staff, League of Women Voters; and Ruth Hinerfeld, international chairman, League of Women Voters of the United States____

1238

Bergsten, Dr. Fred, Columbia University.

1624

Bethlehem Steel, Stewart S. Cort, chairman, and chairman, American
Iron & Steel Institute-----

1052