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possible move towards regulated markets etc. and that the Administration would accordingly wish to weigh all these considerations very carefully before deciding on further steps. Instead, he has sought to convey the impression that resistance in other countries is cracking (he had pre- viously stated that three of the European countries he visi- ted had now agreed to attend a conference) and that with Congress hot on the warpath further moves forward are to be expected.
Stans' remark about Congressional action, particularly at the head of page 15, amount practically to incitement of increased Congressional pressure on textiles. Representatives of textile States will not be slow to take the cue. The question and answer at the foot of page 16 should also help to ensure that foreign representatives in Washington receive plenty of warnings from Congressional sources about the inevi- tability of legislated quotas unless their Governments give way. It looks as if the Stans' tactic, even in advance of a Presidential determination on policy, is to raise the stakes and put further pressure on foreign governments by stepping up . the threats of Congressional action. At the minimum we can now expect an increased flow of textile quota bills to be proposed in both Senate and House. If the game continues to be played on these lines it is also possible that a textile quota bill will be slipped through the Senate, and foreign governments warned that only immediate multilateral negotiations could stay its passage through the House. It is by no means certain as yet that the Administration will pursue this course, but it is a reasonable doduction from Stans' remarks that his ideas could lead in this direction.
5. Stans' reference to a 90 day period, at the end of which the Administration might be forced to take entirely different views of the situation if no progress had been made, has attracted much attention here and has been interpreted by some as virtually an ultimatum to foreign countries. It is not clear why Stans worked in this reference to 90 days unless he was simply seeking to correct the over-optimistic remarks by Mr. Kearns of Exin-Bank in New York the previous day. The implication is that not only will the patience of Congress be exhausted fairly soon but that tho Administration itself will consider unilateral action if it has not secured concessions in the 90 days. It will be interesting to see what reaction this statement produces in the countries which Stans has visited: it would appear to be an unusual posture for the United States to adopt for it to say, in effect, that having listened to the views and objections of a number of foreign governments it is now giving them three months to change their minds.
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