AMORY REPORTEDLY TO BE APPOINTED TO TARIFF POST

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2006
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• Publication Date: April 5, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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APRIL 5, 1965
Ten-Month Vacancy
Amory lRertortedly4o" Be
on r u would be se ected for the sixth
ASHWGTO April 4 seat on the commission. But
President Johnson will, appoint the chances of this happening
'Robert Amory Jr.. to the U. S. appear to b slim. Until recent-
,Tariff Commission, filling a 10- ly, the f nt - runner for the
month-long vacancy on the six- commi on post, was former
member panel, usually reliable Co essmari Fred Schwengel,
sources said this weekend. Iowa Republican.
Mr. Amory is at presen 'fief The commission post must be
of the Intern ion sion of filled by either a Republican or
e udget, a post independent, since the Demo-
he as held since April 1962. crats already have their full
His duties in the Budget Bu- quota of men on the tariff
reau have included work with panel.
the Tariff Commission. The Administration is seen
If he is named to the com-
l~ppoin`d to ax~itt ~.'cist
likely to move soon on filling
mission, Mr. Amory will be the Mr. Schreiber's vacancy, since
third consecutive appointee hav- the six-year term of another
ing a Harvard Business School commissioner Joseph Talbot,
background. James Cullit c and also a Republican --. is due to
Dann Fenn were both associated expire in June, If the President
with the Harvard School and exp
Mr. Amory was* a professor failed to reappoint Mr. Talbot,
there. of business law and ac-' the commission would be at
counting in the late 40's. He only two-thirds strength.,,,,
earned a law degree at Harvard The betting is,, however, that)
in 1938. ' Mr. Talbot -- a popular and
Experience with CIA respected commissioner - will
Before joining the Budget Bu- be given another six years.
'reau, Mr. 'Amory spent 10 years Mr. Amory's appointment
in the Central Intelligence Agen- would help correct what some
cy. From 1953 to 1962, he' was commission, observers criticize
department director of intelli- as tendency of the tariff panel,
gence and an adviser on the Na- recently to emphasize econom-'
tional Security Council Plan- ics and not enough legal expert-
ning Board. ' , ise. At one time, the commis-;
The $26,000-a-year' post he is sion was well staffed with law
reported to ' be filling has been yer members, today it is dom-
open since last June, when mated by men having economic
President Johnson declined to background.
renew the appointment of Wal- Mr. Amory's joining the tariff
ter Schreiber, a Republic of panel could exercise some sig.
conservative trade view. The de-nificance in future commission
cision on Mr. Schreiber's' re- decisions. While the commission
placement was held 'elections until seems pretty. much in accord on
after the. November elections interpreting the 1962 Trade Act,
and since then the Administra- particularly in regard to ad-
tien has continued to take its justment help for industry,
time in making a choice. firms and workers, -there have
Over the past half-year, there been distinct variations of opin-
have been reports that a woman a n among its members on anti.
m