	baldrige warns of world  war danger u s commerce secretary malcolm baldrige predicted congress will pass a reasonable  bill this year and said tough protectionist legislation could prompt a  war the mood of the congress right now is as tough on  as i ve ever seen it in six years in washington baldrige said in a weekend television interview i think we ll still be able to get a reasonable  bill out in spite of that because the whole congress is trying to work together with the administration but there is a hardening  attitude he said president reagan opposes protectionist legislation but agreed to support a  bill when it became apparent that opposition democrats would pass such legislation however baldrige warned measures that would penalize trading partners such as japan south korea and taiwan for failing to cut their  surpluses with the u s could lead to retaliation and he said he would urge reagan to veto any such bill when asked if there is a rising danger of a worldwide  war baldrige said yes i don t think there s any question about that reuter 
