37. Editorial Note

On July 14, the Tariff Commission submitted its supplementary report on bicycles to President Eisenhower. A majority of the Commission held that domestic bicycle sales continued to deteriorate and that escape clause relief remained justified. In a memorandum of discussion with the President, July 27, Secretary Dulles recorded: “We discussed the bicycle case and I reminded him of Eden’s note on the subject and his reply. He said he was perplexed about what to do. He thought it was difficult for him to avoid the finding of the Tariff Commission that there was substantial injury due to imports and he did not see how he could avoid it on ‘security’ grounds because no security interests were involved.” (Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, Meetings with the President, June–Dec. 1955)