Washington, Jan, 1.
The Roosevelt Administration" has temporarily: shelved proposal for penalizing Japanese silk Imports into the United States, it was learned here today.
The most prominently discussed proposal along this line was one providing for a Ally per cent. adverse uly on all Japanese silk entering the United States. This duty also would bbe extended to all other goods ex: ported by Japan to the United Biates, The President, under the tariff sct of 1930, has the power to apply. such penalties in instances where United States trade has been discriminated against, 'The proposal was understood to have been shelved because the Ad. ministration decided it would. inflict {00 severe a blow on Japan's domestic economy. Previous American moves, it was pointed out, have been directed mainly' against Japan's war effort in China—United Press,
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