Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1947 — Page 15

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Many persons, aware of “the temper of congress, doubt that the bulk of the union claims ever will be considered. They expect congress

to pass legislation killing the suits, Eyen if congress should not act, ,fovegnment sources consider {it moose unlikely that more than a 1} part of the claims, now in of $4 billions wolld ever be d in court and finally paid. ; many legel obstacles sand in ape “WAY, . But all indications are that congress will pass legislation throwing the cases out. The Republican adership of both: houses is -on

LOf Portal | Pay Claims

Congress Expected to Throw Out or Limit _ Suits; Many Legal Obstacles fo Actions

By AUSTIN C. WEHRWEIN w Fg Tete J Correspondent - ASHINGTON, ~~Nobody expects the’ mushrooming claims! § . for billions in back portal-to-portal wages to be settled for: more than |

bursement for back portal-to-portal claim - payments.

Companies Only Agents An attorney for the manufacturers association sald that some of the largest portal pay claims are against firms which, during .the war, acted merely as managers in government-owned plants. They received. a fee for their work but the government was the real em-

‘administrator of the wage-hour law.

record favoring such legislation. Senate hearings will begin Wednesday. Several bills have been introduced.

Seek to Kill Suits

They would either throw out all of the suits filed or limit their number drastically.

back-pay claims have been “grossly exaggerated” is L. Metcalfe Walling,

Ultimate Mability of industry under | the supreme court's Mt. Olemens (Mich.) Pottery Co. -décision, he said, “would only be a small fraction of the amounts now being talked about.”

For a while both industry and

claims.

lowed. Government saw the pos-|

sibility of losing millions in taxes by and large to have “simmered and in war contractors’ Suits for down,” trialists have come to believe many of the claims stand -up in court.

reimbursement. Both Calmed Now Both have calmed down now, ac-

cording to representative spokes-| gress, which they expect to throw men, after examining the situation! out the suits. £7

more carefully and considering the

effect of prospective legislation. |local Issues

The government, however, is acting on the just-in-case theory that| =

some sizable claims may be al-| anapolis securities dealers:

owed. It is intervening in the Mt.

some time this week. And the National Association of

a request that all of the back wage I claims be denied. Even if portals

ployer, the lawyer said.

he added, would have to be paid out of the U. 8. treasury rather than company funds. The attorney estimated that wage claims of all kinds against these owned plants, including portal pay, might run eventually to $5 billions. Among those who hold, that the), "(wooo “ont this estimate high.

possible to figure in advance what the government revenue loss would be if the portal pay claims ran their course in the courts.

tax returns on the basis of back government were upset over the Dortal payments, they could claim Industry feared loss of huge refunds for the years before profits if not, in some cases, out-|1945 when the 90 per cent excess right ruin if the claims were al fpeatis tax was in effect.

Clemens case and will fille a brief agen Cotp Agents Fin Sop bie. a sabasas 3

Manufacturers also intervened with |%

pay is warranted, it should not be retroactive, the association sald. -

Comwith Riiy Wang eave) tha mie Sonsanied a oid... . “9 e Po pay Cons Pin Corp ofd oe i i arose . from- “a misconception that Deita Electric’ oom can isnie 14s 18 lect La the supreme court held that all Pr Warne 5 sony’ RR pia 93° 2 time spent on the employers’ prem- tHerft Jones SA pik ........ 13% 14% ises was working time.” Heok Dry Te The Court's Decision Todpls P Indpls 5p A L 3% p pid a: na Actually, he said, the court thdols por awe bid pt

“merely decided that the minimum

the time required for necessary make-ready activities, was working time.” And having decided that, the su-

_ district’ eourt in Detroit to deter- : mine whether the employes actual-

e court finds that the time in-

it can” be ignored altogether. = In any event, a host of limiting # factors undoubtedly would cut down allowable claims. A multitude of © workers in whose behalf claims were ‘ filed have long since left industries

_ war.

"low claims for them, i Limited by State Laws

Mr. 1 limiting =~ factors limitations, absence of coverage under the wage-hour law, exemp- ; tions, and difficulties of proof. : Other sources noted that most of the union claimg included punitive damages which the courts, if the employers proved good faith, could be expected to deny or reduce. The government's interest in the Mt. Clemens case stems from fear that it might find itself subject to action for portal-pay reimburse ments by war contractors. War and treasury department officials insisted that most final set

tlements with war contractors have no provision for reopening. They conceded, however, tifat some cost-plus-fixed-fee contractors had reserved the right to reopen final settlements if unexpected liabilities

cri up. Justice department officials adted privately that even in cases

‘Where there is no reopening pro-

vision, contractors might be able to | bus

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Portal pay claims in these cases,

government-

Hard to Figure Losses Treasury officials found it im-

It corporations could revise back

DISPUTED D AREA—According to state department sources, growing efanationd rivalry for land in the Anarctic continent may call for action by the“United Nations security council or an international conference. The map above shows the "claims" of eight different nations, none of which is recognized by the U. S.- However, Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson says the U. S. has never formally put forward any claims in Antarctica ''but claims have been asserted in its behalf by American citizens."

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Small Business Favors Tax Cut

~The commerce department's small business advisory committee today defled the administration. It recommended individual income tax cuts up to 20 per cent. were announced by Secretary W. **| Averell Harriman. They included other tax law modifications which :. would reduce business taxes as well as personal income levies.

‘. |insisted that tax reductions now would be “unsound fiscal policy.”

Ys | get its fiscal house in order.” {and the debt reduced, if taxes are

8 which retard production should be

201, other such unjustifiable

5) to stabilize employment; labor and " management should share respon3% | sibility for-carrying out contracts, -+ [it sald.

" |the committee contended.

preciation policy;

.lup to $10,000 in corporate net in- * | come.

‘mittee includes Jay Croswell, Plym-

Group Backs Personal, Industry Levy Slash

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (U. P).

The committee's recommendations

President Truman has repeatedly

Harmful Effects Cited The advisory committee, made up of businessmen from all ‘parts of country, said the government should “take every step possible to The administration has taken the stand that the budget cannot be balanced,

cut. Labor .or management practices

outlawed, the committee told Mr. Harriman. Secondary boycotts, jurisdictional strikes, “violence and practices must be eliminated,” the report

added. Management should be encouraged

Co-operatives and other nonprofit organizations operating in business fields should be taxed on the same basis as private business,

Asks Liberal Policy

It also. asked a liberalized deelimination of “double taxation” by exempting dividends from the basic individual tax rates; and specific exemption of

The committee also asked that “consideration” be given to a survey of “practices of large ‘enterprises that seem to impose unfair competitive conditions on small business.” The small business advisory com-

outh, Ind, manufacturer,

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That's the prediction of Reid A. Railton, British-born engineer and

ing cars but knows more than his share about all phases of automotive engineering. Mr. Railton’s prediction. came last week in an address before 3000 odd experts attending the annual meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers. , Expands on Forecast He made only passing mention of it, but expanded on the forecast in a later interview during which he said indenpendent suspension already had become necessary in racing cars because of its improved road-holding characteristics. “Cars with such suspension don't jump about or weave from side to| side at high rates of speed,” he said. “They behave better and are much safer under hard braking.”| Mr. Railton, incidentally, is one of the werld’s top race car designers. He has built both cars and boats for British racing-enthusiast Sir Malcolm Campbell, and designed the car in which another Englishman, John Cobb, set the existing world’s land speed record of 369 miles per hour in 1939. Success Little Help

But Mr.. Railton admitted his success in developing the world’s fastest land vehicle was of little help to manufacturers of the cor-on-the-street, That's because the seeker of rec-

Radio Executive To Speak Here

Thomas D. Connolly, promotion director for Columbia Broadcasting System, will speak on “Radio” at

the Indianapolis Advertising club, Harry Bittner Jr., general manager of Station WFBM, will introduce the speaker and L. T. So-

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New Edison Stamp On Sale Feb. 11

The new Thomas A. Edison threecent postage stamp will be placed on sale Feb. 11 at Milan, O., commemorating the 100th anniversary of the inventor's birth, the U. 8S. EOE postoffice an-| nounced today, §

First-day cancellations may be obtained by philatelists who send {not ‘more than 10 addressed envelopes to the Milan, O. postmaster. Remittances must accompany the envelopes which should be indorsed

Ends After ‘117° Days SOUTH BEND, Jan. 13 (U. P.) ~— Nearly 600 workers were expected to report tomorrow at the Bantam Bearing division of the Torrington

Ball Seeks Change In NLRB Authority | 3 ise

By. RAYMOND LAHR United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan, 13. — A

sweeping - congressional review of

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the Wagner act was assured today TT pounds on soasioe | "8

by snowballing proposals amending that 11-year old corner- J00 Pad stone of government labor policy. 3 1% 360 pounds .

for

Bills before the house and senate

ranged from demands for outright| se repeal of the Wagner labor rela- | M tions act to proposals for fundamental changes in the power of the national labor relations board, which administers the law. “Senator Joseph H. Ball (R. Minn.),| gq071; who has taken the lead in drafting bills to be considered by the senate labor committee, reported that he would introduce a series of amendments to the Wagner act within a

week or so.

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He disclosed that one of his pro-|com posals would divorce the prosecuting and trial functions of the NLRB.| gq. That amendment would be designed 4 to meet complaints that the board how acts as both prosecutor and judge in accusing employers of unfdir labor practices. Morse Drafts Amendment Mr. Ball said the labor department of the justice department could take over the pr functions from the NLRB. Among other amendments Mr. Ball has considered are proposals to require unions as well as employers to bargain collectively and to permit employers as well as unions to ask ‘the NLRB for bar-

ong. Senator Wayne L. Morse - (R. Ore.) is drafting a Wagner act amendment that would enlarge the threemember NLRB so it could handle

The Ball- Taft-Smith bill, which has been slated for priority in-the senate, contains only one significant change in the Wagner act. It would deny supervisors, plant guards and inspectors the right to claim union recognition under the law. . Mr. Ball's controversial bills to closed shops and industrywide bargaining also would amend the Wagner act. The first would the clause in the law allowing closed shop sgreements. The second would establish two new ‘lasses of unfair labor practices for smployers and unions who sought to i >ngage in industrywide bargaining.

House Studies Changes

The Wagner act also will come under the eye of house Republican | leaders this week. The house labor - committee, the group will support measures to give unions “equal responsibility” with employers under the Wagner act, There is little chance for passage of bills calling ‘for repeal of the Repealer bills have been introduced by Senator W. Lee O'Daniel (D. Tex.) and- Rep. Clare E. Hoffman (R. Mich).

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DETROIT, Jan. 13 (U. P.).—The C. I. O. United Auto Workers will ask for a 23%-cent hourly wage increase, a pension plan and other

tions with the Ford Motor Co. for a 1947 contract about May 1. - Richard T. Leonard, director of

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