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June is just too close and we need more time to develop the
specifics of a program to decide whether that is the best
course of action or whether there are alternatives and at
best now if we proceed under the Geneva solution it would
probably not be before September.
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, do you think it is
necessary for you to begin. talking to Chairman Mills of the
Ways and Means Committee or any other Congressional Committee
about an import control bill on textiles this Summer perhaps?
SECRETARY STANS: I think we would stay in touch
with Chairman Mills and Congressman Burns of the Ways and
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QUESTION: You expect a bill will be moved through
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SECRETARY STANS: I think it all depends upon the
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If it is not possible for the Executive Branch
successfully to negotiate voluntary arrangements with other
our trading. partners on the subject of textiles, I believe
there is a very strong movement in the Congress that could
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