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LEAD INDUST5,r5 ASSOCIATION Graybar tud&ig, 429 Uxfegfoa Aveng* Now H Y. January 25, 1938 To Hembers of the !."! Sudaetrl** Association! Sabjact I 8um>lm3eatal Uet of Co u j o titles Trade Treaty negotiation* with Peltad Slngdco The Department of State issued, as of January 24, 1938, supplement to tha lilt of nroduct* on which Via United State* dll eon*idor granting concenioni to tho United tingdaa, Sarfoundland, and the British Colonial Empire in trade treaty negotiatione. On thl lilt appear the following commodities in which we are Inter ested. Far. 391 - Beat^-boarlng or#*, fin* dust, and mattes of all Had* - 1-1/2J par lb, on the lead content meat! The official aacwuncemsnt contains the following stats- *As stated'In the announcement of the previous list, only products listed dll come under consideration for the possible Granting of concessions by the United Status, In the caea of products ultimately included in the agreement, the exlsting import duty coy be reduced 'or any sImply be bound, without reduction. Moreover, concessions uitlaately grunted any not apply to all coaaodities covered by the phraseology of n given description, but soy, especially la cases of broad descriptions, be limited to certain specific comodlties or group* of coaaodities of particular interest to the United Zlngdoa, K#wf oundland, . or. the British Colonial Umpire falling within the scope of such phraseology. Ho further reduction rill, of course, bo mode in any Inport duty which has alroady boa t roduood by SO poroont under tbs authority of the Trade Agreements Act* The Odmdttes for Boclprocity Information has prescribed that all information and view* in writieg and all applies- --jki*kjisdii Oii^a^k^aieiSai^Si^iXb^. _ LIA21653 1 *! .1 > i l k i . 1 : \ < 'i i 20 \ 1 * ( *i .\'d I 1 2 <- January 25, 1938 tlon* for eupploaental oral presentation of rivrt re lating to product* included In thd* surplenientary 11 *t hall bo rubsdttod to It not Inter than 12 noon, Tebruary 26, 1938, They *hould bo adire*ae4 to 'Chalrnaa, Connlttee for Reciprocif Inforaation, 014 Land Offio* Building, 6th and 1 Street*, }!ortbe*t, fahiugton, D.C.* Suppleaont&l oral Btateraont* will bo hoard at a public hearing b^taning at 10 n.m, on Uarch 14, 193S, before tho Coacdttoo for Beciprocity Infonuatlon, In th* hear ing rooa of th* tariff Cocslesion In tho Old land Offtca Building.' this offloo 1* prapart tg a brljf on tho eubjoct. Tory truly roura. Included In tho aupplaseatal list of product* an which the tJnltod Statjo will conrlder grafting conseaeloa* to th* United Elagdc In It* treaty negotiation*, 1* tho followlxg: Par.397: Article* or ware* not *podall7 urorlded for, composed wholly or In chi of wafcjm of iron, (tool, or othjr ba*o Dotal, but not plated -ith pLatlaon, gold, or 1 Ivor, or colored with fold laopuer, whether partly or wholly nancfactnred: 4SJ{ Tricycle*; baby carriage fitting*; tvla**a; golf club haad*; bulldor** hardware, including wrought cteel butt*, hinge*, door bolt*, hasp* and staple*, corner braoei, *tel handle*, shelf brackets, and corrugated Joint fawtener* 4!5< Thla ltea la included here a* of poasibl* interact to our oeabore because of tho refurjacu to *bve natal*, Thla offlea does not know of any cotxxolity which ni^at be affected by a reduction In the duty on Parserach 397, It will, howeror, apnreclete adrlce from any araaber who nay hays been affected, by part importation* unler thla Paragraph, or rflU be affected by future deportation*. ! ' ' IpPjjniiiAU'.'L