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Delegate Fights Discrimination Against Hawaii; Favors Existing Setup
STAR-BULLETIN BUREAU WASHINGTON, JUNE 2.
Strong opposition on the part of Delegate Sam King of Hawaii to discrimination against Hawaii in pending sugar legislation precipitated a heated argument in the house agriculture committee today. This and other controversies delayed action on the proposed stopgap sugar legislation. The committee meets again tomorrow.
The delegate objected to any change in the present setup, saying that even if it errs by not including Hawaii as a domestic producing area, the territory accepts it with a protest against that principle, due to the fact that advance action in adjusting quotas lacked discrimination.
He strongly urged that the whole proviso for percentage allotments on the mainland be dropped, pointing out that the same advance action can be used for fair adjustments in all sections of the country.
Meanwhile administration circles are strongly disclaiming any effort to pass new sugar legislation before congress adjourns. The impetus is apparently coming from Capitol Hill, where beet and mainland can interests are working toward action, which is possible if present strenuous efforts continue.
PROCESSING TAX REVIVAL STUDIED
WASHINGTON, JUNE 2 (AP) — Proposals to revive the processing tax on sugar were up for consideration by a senate finance sub-committee and the house agriculture committee today in an effort to speed stopgap legislation.
Secretary Harold Ickes in a letter to Chairman Marvin Jones of the house committee called an effort to give continental producers 40 per cent of any consumption increase "discrimination" against Hawaii and other offshore areas.
He said he believed it would be difficult to draft permanent legislation next session containing this provision.
Secretary Ickes estimated that the Jones-Costigan act has cost Hawaii more than $20,000,000 in reduced crop value.
