Paper and books: Imports of, in 1939, affected by trade-agreement duty
reductions now in effect...

Page

Paper, cigarette: Development of United States industry.
Paper industry: Effect of trade-agreements program on.......-
Paper products: Concessions obtained by United States on...
Paraguay: Trade agreement between Brazil and..

11, 12
578

611

243, 429

Passenger cars: Concessions obtained by United States on, in agreement

40, 46, 54

Parity prices. 81, 132, 140, 226–227, 377-378, 383, 387, 766–775, 777, 936, 1109
Parity wages..

960

with Argentina..........

Pasvolsky, Leo, special assistant to Secretary of State: Views of, cited.. 648, 652
Patchin, R. H., vice president, W. R. Grace & Co.: Statement and testi-
mony of

427

630-636

Patman, Hon. Wright: Quoted on petroleum reserves.

871

Patterson, Hon. Robert P., Under Secretary of War: Views of, on petro-
leum shortage cited..

871

Pay rolls: Place of, in United States economy.

Pay rolls, imports, exports, and national income, United States: Chart and
table showing indexes of, 1919-41-

454-455

413, 415

Pay rolls in industry:

Chart and table showing, 1919-41.
Relation of imports to---

158-159

965-966

304
165-166,

Pay rolls in shipbuilding industry: Index numbers of, 1929–39-
Peace, economic foundations for...

176, 185, 187, 192, 202-203, 208, 228, 395, 470-471, 474, 497, 503,
639, 651, 652, 661, 678, 679, 715, 722, 723, 961–963, 967, 984,
1016-1017.

Peace objectives, United States: Extension of trade-agreements authority
as evidencing.......

Tariffs and trade barriers of various foreign countries against imports
of..

Analysis by, of State Department bulletin advocating extension of
Trade Agreements Act..

947-949, 950-953

771

318

960

1017, 1024-1037

Letters of, to William D. Geer, general manager, Fortune.
List of bilateral agreements compiled by, mentioned.

1022-1023, 1024

289

People's Lobby_-_-

Peppers:

Carlot shipment of, from principal sources, by months.
Export duty imposed by Mexico on...

Prices of...

Perkins, Milo, Director, Board of Economic Warfare: Reference to state-

ment of..

Peru:

503

279

318

276, 277, 279

92

Trade agreement with. 45, 170, 191, 223, 283, 353, 391, 463, 499-500, 667, 728
Value of exports to, 1937..

239, 240

Peruvian-American Association: Statement of Andrew P. Shea, represent-

ing..

666-667

Petroleum (see also Petroleum industry):

Page

Concessions granted by United States to Mexico and Venezuela on.. 292
Concessions obtained by United States on petroleum products and.. 243

Decline of exploration for..

Depletion of domestic reserves of

Exports of crude, 1940 and 1941.

Import quotas on..

Importation of, from Mexico in tankers_

Imports of...

Increased taxation of, in Venezuela

870-871, 873, 874, 919–920, 921, 922

34

139

873, 874, 923

295

869, 870

271

299

869, 872-873
870, 922
874-919

Pike, H. H., Jr., vice president, H. H. Pike & Co.: Statement and testi-
mony of

Report of Petroleum Industry War Council on price structure of
Reserves of ....

Shortage of, on Atlantic coast..

34, 633, 782, 871,

Supervision by Congress over import policy regarding, urged..
Tariff rate on, under agreement with Mexico..
United States exports of, to Germany and Japan_
Venezuelan export duties on..

919-920, 922
292-293
868-873
279

Petroleum Association of America, Independent: Statement and testimony
of general counsel of....

Petroleum industry (see also Petroleum):

Conflicting interests of independent producers and large producers
in____

Costs of production in

Income of..

869, 870, 872, 920, 923

873, 874-919

923

Petroleum Industry War Council: Report of, on crude-oil price structure. 874-919
Petroleum products: Labor preliminary to export of, in certain years_
Philadelphia Textile Manufacturers Association__

Piece goods:

Cotton, concessions, obtained by United States on..
Rubberized, concessions obtained by United States on..
Pierson, Hon. Warren Lee, president, Export-Import Bank..

299

525, 529

242

242

249

640-643

Pillsbury Flour Mills Co.: Advocacy of trade-agreements program by

784

Pine (pitch, white, sugar, ponderosa): Concessions obtained by United
States on..

243

Pineapples: Concessions obtained by United States on__
Plasma: Substitution of apple pectin for.......

241

960

Plastics cartel___

Plate-glass cartel_

508

567-568, 582

Plates, mats, etc., of goat or kid skins: Reduction of duty on, in agreement
with Argentina.........

350

Plums: Concessions obtained by United States on

241

Plums and prunes: United States trade with Canada in

960

Plywood: Concession obtained by United States on, in agreement with
Argentina...

429

Poland:

Most-favored-nation clause in treaty between United States and
Standard of living in..........

Pork and pork products: Concessions obtained by United States on.
Pork products: Improvement of position of, in British market through
trade agreement..

242

Post-war international cooperation, need for.......

Post-war economic reconstruction: Powers of Board of Economic Warfare
in.

113

94

4-7, 17, 18-19

Post-war international relations: Peace in, dependent on international
trade....

83

Post-war international trade. See International trade, post-war.
Post-war relief and rehabilitation___.

Page

470, 693, 713, 723, 962, 964, 1021–1024

241

994

317

Potatoes: Concessions obtained by United States on..
Potter, T. Albert, president, Elgin National Watch Co.: Quoted on foreign
watch industry--.

Potters Association, United States:

Investigation under section 336 of Tariff Act of 1930 on application of
Statement of J. M. Wells, representing..

Pottery industry.

668-676
611, 623, 668–676

Pottery products. -

183, 184, 203, 316-317, 317-318, 325, 548

Power politics charged as motive of trade agreements...
Precision instruments and apparatus:

465

Canadian imports of, on which concessions were granted to United
States..

1012

Comparison of imports of, on which concessions have or have not
been granted by United States.

1005

Concessions obtained by United States on_

1011

Imports of, on which United States duties were reduced or bound. 1008, 1009
Production and imports of, on which concessions have been granted

by United States..

Production, imports, and exports of..

Principal concessions on, granted by United States..

Statement on, prepared by United States Tariff Commission...

Preferential tariff:

On Cuban products..

On imports of which we have an exportable surplus_-

President of the United States:

Authority of, to make trade agreements...

1007

1004, 1010
1006
1003-1012

275-276, 292, 990

558

464

42

271

92-94

40

705, 706, 707

307,

Authority of, to suspend concessions with respect to imports.
Authorization to provide for binding of excise taxes by..

Executive Order No. 9128, April 13, 1942, on relationship between
Board of Economic Warfare and State Department.
Extension of most-favored-nation treatment by.
Letter of, July 5, 1935, concerning bituminous coal bill....
Participation of, in carrying out of Trade Agreements Act.

311, 312, 335–336, 364, 365

Plenary power of, to negotiate trade agreements, question of need
for..

15

Power of, to determine cost of production..

214

Power of, to raise or lower tariffs.

572

Power of, to suspend generalization of trade-agreement concessions in
event of discrimination....

287-289

Quotations from 1932 speech of, regarding duties on farm products..

52,

126, 461

Press comment on trade-agreements program.

Rate-making formula of Congress followed by.
Reduction by, of duty on sugar.

Price levels: Comparison of United States and foreign_.

209

550

1038-1068

767

Printing and publishing: Labor engaged in, preliminary to export, in

Production, employment, and imports, United States: Chart and table
showing indexes of, 1919-42_.

414, 416

Production, United States industrial: Chart and table showing indexes
of, 1919-42..

156-157

Progressive Republican Party-

563

Axis, in Latin America.......

Propaganda:

German, against Trade Agreements Act and lend-lease program.
Protective tariffs...

80, 89, 116, 119, 134, 172, 176, 190, 251-252, 293, 312-313, 321,
355-356, 360-363, 376, 382, 383, 409, 410, 412-413, 421, 433, 462,
475, 479, 491, 494, 498, 500, 505, 541, 542, 544, 554, 563, 564-
565, 568, 573, 577, 578, 584, 593, 596.

Public notice of intention to negotiate trade agreements..
Purchasing power, foreign: Benefit to United States exports through
increase in, as result of imports----

Radio apparatus: Concessions obtained by United States on, in agreement

with Agrentina___

428

Rainey, Hon. Henry T.: Views of, on Hawley-Smoot tariff__ 564, 655-656, 660
Raisins: Concessions obtained by United States on...
Range program under Agricultural Adjustment Administration___
Rates of duty. See Duty rates, United States.
Raw Materials National Council: Statement and testimony by repre-
sentative of..........

241

478

Rayon..

735,766
526, 577, 584

11, 12

Rayon and synthetic fibers: Concessions obtained by United States on__ 242
Rayon or other synthetic textile manufactures: Imports of, in 1939,
affected by trade-agreement duty reductions now in effect...
Reciprocal Trade Agreements and Agriculture, The: Statement by A. C.
Bunce, assistant professor of agricultural economics, Iowa State
College...

Reciprocity treaties (Kasson treaties)..
Reconstruction Finance Corporation_

743-765
31, 82
610, 614, 856, 926, 933, 934
161, 207, 235-236, 586, 589
94, 95, 96

Reductions and bindings of rates under trade agreements: data on____ 336-337
Redwood: Concessions obtained by United States on.
Reed, Hon. Daniel A.: Statements and questions by-

243
7-15,

58, 61-73, 80, 83-89, 90-91, 92, 108, 118, 132, 171, 209-213, 313,
330-337, 348-363, 452-453, 492-494, 563-566, 585, 600-601, 603,
616-619, 623-625, 653, 654, 656, 659, 660, 679, 684, 709, 711,
740-742, 791-795, 817, 818, 819, 820-821, 823-824, 844, 850-860,
863, 920-922, 928, 931, 932, 938-939, 959, 965-969, 986, 1000.
Refrigerators, automatic: Concessions obtained by United States on, in
agreement with Argentina..

Relief and rehabilitation, post-war..

Republican Party:

And protective tariff.

And views of Wendell Willkie on world equality of opportunity.
Declaration of (1932), on most-favored-nation principle.
Social and economic ills charged to..

Stand of, on isolationism discussed...

Revenues, tariff..

Rice and rice flour: Concessions obtained by United States on..

428

840, 841

375-376

509

164-165

89-90

133

646, 934-935

241

556

399, 419, 420, 421
31,

Rice industry, Cuban: Subsidization of, by United States Government
charged.

Rio de Janeiro, recommendations and resolutions of meeting of ministers
of foreign affairs of the American republics at
Robertson, Hon. A. Willis: Statements and questions by-

32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 56–58, 71, 79-83, 91, 115-117, 131, 132, 147-
246, 305, 313, 317-319, 328, 329, 362, 363, 401-403, 405–411, 417,
421-423, 430, 431, 452, 498, 528-554, 626-629, 639-641, 643, 647,
653, 656-660, 681-682, 684, 688, 689, 703, 704, 712.
Rockefeller, Hon. Nelson A., Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs:
Statement and testimony of

Roosevelt, former President Theodore:

Letter of January 11, 1911, on proposed trade agreement with Canada.
Reciprocity agreements still in committee in administration of___.
Views of, quoted...

Roosevelt, President Franklin D. See President of the United States.
Rosin: Concessions obtained by United States on...

96-112

35

235

132

243

J

Page

Rubber: United States promotion of growing of, in Latin America
Rubber and rubber products: Concessions obtained by United States on
Rubber cartel, Dutch-British....

Rubber, guayule: Concession on, granted by United States in agreement
with Mexico..

400, 420

242

191

463, 499

Rubber, india:

Concession on, granted by United States in agreement with Peru.
On free list..

463, 499
222, 223

Rubber products: Labor preliminary to export of, in certain years.

299

Rubber, raw:

222, 223

728

463

Bound free in agreement with Brazil.

Bound free in agreements with Mexico and Peru
Low-cost production of...

Rubber Reserve Company.

Rubber, synthetic__

Rumania:

499
190-191,

192, 222, 266, 400, 420, 421, 462-463, 463–464, 498, 500–501, 507,
532, 557, 577, 584, 603, 614, 670, 684, 693-694, 728, 786, 787.

Most-favored-nation clause in agreement between United States and__
Standard of living in..

Russia. See Union of Societ Socialist Republics.

Rye: Concessions obtained by United States on.

S

Salmon: Concessions obtained by United States on...
Salvage program: Collection of scrap under_.

See under Argentina.

44

189

241

242

458, 459

Proposed amendment to Trade Agreements Act to prohibit Presi-

dential modification of _ _ .

Sanitary convention with Argentina.

Sanitary laws and regulations:

479, 806, 1109

Sanitary provisions of trade agreements.

806, 809, 812, 824–826

Sardines: Concessions obtained by United States on.

242

Saturday Evening Post...

Saudi Arabia: Most-favored-nation clause in agreement between United
States and....

88, 90-91

44

Sausage casings: Concessions obtained by United States on............-
Sayre, Hon. Francis B.:

242

Quoted...

324, 364, 365, 694

Statement and testimony by-

145-302

Scholarships, student: Suggested as means of promoting good relations
between United States and Central and South America___

851-852

Schultz, Dr. T. W., professor of agricultural economics, Iowa State College:
Statement and testimony by.......

Semimanufactures: Labor preliminary to export of, in certain years....

Senate ratification of trade agreements, proposed.

207, 220-222, 235-236, 473, 474,512, 589, 624, 727, 735, 804, 806,
812, 841, 853, 933, 938, 939, 985, 986, 987, 990, 1000, 1001.

161,

Service industries: Effect of high tariffs on..
Shea, Andrew P., representing Peruvian-American Association: Statement
and testimony of

Shipbuilding industry: Employment and pay-roll index numbers for.....

304