DAILY NEWS RECORD Us Yile:
6 AUGUST 1969.
Stans Doubts Agreement With Japan: Dirksen
By ROBERT BARR
WASHINGTON.-Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans doubts the voluntary approach will succeed in the drive to curb textile imports, Sen. Everett Dirksen (R., Ill.) re- ported Tuesday.
But the Senate Republican leader indicated the situa- tion currently is "fluid." He professed not to know just what Stans will or has recommended to President Nixon.
Dirksen served notice he is more protectionist than ever and he wants a fair shake for American businessmen struggling to cope with low-wage import competition.
Dirksen revealed he conferred last Saturday night with Stans, when Stans told him, "I doubt that we will get any- where with a voluntary approach.'
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Stans also said the Japa- nese think they have "vested interest" in the U.S. market, Dirksen added.
"I don't accede for one moment to the notion any country has a vested inter- est in the U.S. market,' Dirksen told reporters Tuesday.
The textile import prob- lem and the Stans trip to Japan were brought up at the Tuesday White House conference with the Presi- dent, according to Dirksen.
Rep. Hale Boggs (D., La.), who ranks next to the chairman on the House Ways and Means Commit- tee and is one of the assist- ant Democratic leaders in the House, brought up the subject, Dirksen said.
Dirksen reported that President Nixon observed the Japanese per capita in- come now is second only to
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the United States. Some econo- mists think it will only be a few years before the Japanese be- come number one in this field, Dirksen told reporters.
There will be House Ways and Means Committee public hearings on trade, Dirksen added, but this already had been announced months ago by Committee Chair- man Wilbur Mills (D., Ark.). He is waiting for a trade policy message from President Nixon.
Dirksen professed ignorance when reporters asked whether the Nixon Administration will make a decision on import com- petition before the Japanese Prime Minister Sato visits here in November.
Dirksen served notice he is ar- dently protectionist, especially about textiles and shoes.
He told reporters Tuesday, "It's our marketa nd we can do with it what we please."
Then he added, "All I ever ask is to give American businessmen a fair shake."
He cited statistics in comment- ing on the footwear import sit- uation.
The shoe imports have reached the 200 million pair level, he said, stressing American firms cannot begin to compete with foreign labor costs.
Domestic shoe plants are going out of business every month, Dirksen said, adding "What a job they have trying to survive."
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