Escape-clause investigations pending before the Tariff Commission at one time or another during the period July 1, 1953-June 30, 1954 Status Application received Dec. 29, 1951. Investigation instituted Jan. 10, 1952. Hearing held Mar. 24 and 25, 1952. Investigation completed Dec. 22, 1952. Modification in concession recommended to the President. President requested further study by Commission Feb. 18, 1953. Supplemental report submitted to the President Aug. 19, 1953. Recommendation rejected by the President Nov. 10, 1953. Application received Apr. 14, 1952. Investigation instituted Aug. 25, 1952. Hearing held Feb. 24-27, 1953. Investigation completed Apr. 13, 1953. Modification in concession recommended to the President. President requested further study by Commission June 10, 1953. Application received Aug. 12, 1952. Investigation instituted Aug. 21, 1952. Hearing held Mar. 9 and 10, 1953. Investigation completed July 29, 1953. No modification in concession recommended. Application received Sept. 15, 1952. Investigation instituted Sept. 19, 1952. Hearing held June 8, 1953. Investigation completed Aug. 21, 1953. No modification in concession recommended. Application received Sept. 24, 1952. Investigation instituted Sept. 26, 1952. Application withdrawn June 9, 1953, but investigation continued by the Commission. Hearing held June 15, 1953. Investigation completed Aug. 20, 1953. No modification in concession recommended. Escape-clause investigations pending before the Tariff Commission at one time or another during the period July 1, 1953-June 30, 1954-Continued Commodity Applicant Status Application received Sept. 25, Application withdrawn Feb. Hearing held Mar. 2, 1953. 22, 1953. Vote of Commis- Supplemental report submitted Application received Feb. 9, Hearing held June 22, 1953. Hearing held June 29, 1953. Hearing held Oct. 20-26, 1953. Application received Sept. 1, 1953. Investigation instituted Sept. 9, 1953. Hearing held Feb. 9-12, 1954. Investigation completed May 28, 1954. Modification in concession recommended to the President. Escape-clause investigations pending before the Tariff Commission at one time or another during the period July 1, 1953-June 30, 1954—Continued Status Application received Sept. 14, 1953. Investigation instituted Sept. 16, 1953. Hearing held Nov. 3-6, 1953. Application received Sept. 23, the Commission without for- the Commission without for- Investigation discontinued and Investigation instituted Dec. Hearing held Feb. 16, 1954. Investigation completed May 21, 1954. Modification in concession recommended to the President. Recommendation of the Com mission accepted in part by Concession modified by Presi- Hearing held Apr. 27, 1954. Escape-clause investigations pending before the Tariff Commission at one time or another during the period July 1, 1953-June 30, 1954-Continued Investigations Completed Tobacco pipes and tobacco-pipe bowls of wood or root On December 29, 1951, the American Smoking Pipe Manufacturers Association, of New York, N. Y., filed an application with the Tariff Commission for an escape-clause investigation of certain tobacco pipes having bowls wholly or in chief value of brierwood. On January 10, 1952, the Commission instituted the investigation, but on its own motion. expanded the scope of the investigation to include all finished and partly. finished tobacco pipes and pipe bowls of wood or root. A public hearing was held on March 24 and 25, 1952. In its report, which was submitted to the President on December 22, 1952," the Commission found that, as a result in part of the customs treatment reflecting the concession granted in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, tobacco-pipe bowls wholly or in chief value of brier wood or root and tobacco pipes having such bowls, valued at not more than $5 per dozen, were being imported into the United States in such increased quantities, both actual and relative, as to cause serious injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly competitive products, and as to threaten continuance of such injury. The Commission also found that the application to imports of such pipes and bowls, for an indefinite period, of a rate of duty of 15 cents each, but not less than 21⁄2 cents each and 40 percent ad valorem or more than 3% cents each "U. S. Tariff Commission, Tobacco Pipes of Wood: Report to the President on the EscapeClause Investigation, 1952 [processed]. 353690-55- 8 and 60 percent ad valorem, was necessary to prevent the continuance of serious injury to the domestic industry. In view of its findings, and in accordance with section 7 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, the Commission recommended to the President that the concession on tobacco-pipe bowls of brier wood or root and tobacco pipes having such bowls be modified to permit, for an indefinite period, the application of the rate of duty specified in its findings. On February 18, 1953, in identical letters to the chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means, the President reported that he was not, at that time, giving effect to the recommendation of the Tariff Commission. The President stated that he was requesting further information from the Commission to assist him in arriving at his decision. Thereupon, as required by law, the Commission forwarded copies of its original report of December 22, 1952, to the chairmen of the two committees mentioned above. On August 19, 1953, the Commission submitted to the President its supplemental report. On November 10, 1953, in identical letters to the chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means, the President stated that he was not giving effect to the recommendation made by the Commission in its report of December 22, 1952, and gave his reasons therefor. Thereupon, as required by law, the Commission transmitted copies of its supplemental report to the chairmen of the two committees. The tobacco pipes and bowls of wood or root covered by the Commission's investigation are provided for in paragraph 1552 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The rate of duty originally imposed by that act was 5 cents each and 60 percent ad valorem. Pursuant to a tariff concession that the United States granted in the bilateral trade agreement with France, the duty on wholly finished brier pipes valued at less than $1.20 per dozen was reduced to 21⁄2 cents each plus 40 percent ad valorem, effective June 15, 1936. In the bilateral trade agreement with the United Kingdom, which became effective January 1, 1939, the United States granted tariff concessions on all other articles provided for in the classification covered by the investigation. These concessions, together with the concession granted in the bilateral trade agreement with France, resulted in a rate of 221⁄2 cents each plus 40 percent ad valorem on all pipes and bowls of wood or root, except those valued per dozen at $1.20 or more but not more than $5, on which a concession in the trade agreement with the United Kingdom resulted in a rate of 5 cents each plus 50 percent ad valorem. In the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, at Geneva, the United States granted tariff concessions on all tobacco pipes and bowls of wood. These concessions became effective January 1, 1948, when the bilateral trade agreements with France and the United Kingdom became inopera |