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AC rena TO PORTAL PAY ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED Fsssmren, m., ras ‘5 UNCLASSIFIED 2 ee January 5, 1947. The}alon avs of which Henry. Feallace recently became editer, in the —. en ene Jemary 6th, 1047 femme chides: corperation lawyers. . The oolum on Labor ~ rort-2 to Portal in speaking about corporation lsezyers states, "The highest paid corporation lawyers in the country have converged upen Yoshincton to prepare a common defense against Labor's billion-dollar claims for retroactive portal-to-portal wages. Labor Lawyers are omased that industryts big legal brains -have been so slow on the drawe-=-. The Corporstion lawyers were deging last dune. They paid no mind to the Mount Clemens decision, allowed the C.1.0. lewy to push the osse through and made no move at all to participate in the motion for resonsideration offered oy the counsel for the pottery company. “ne 6.1.0. lawyers debated from June until September over what to do with the powerful weepon thsy hed bean handed. The Corporetion lawyers have decided that thoir best ohanee of curbing the suite at this late date is by legislation. The lecel steffs of HeAcH. and the Ue Ss Chamber of Comueroe have been busy drafting bills end advising sympathetic congress- nen on how best to do the job. A few of tho nore Legion attormeya favor dreatic | legislation that would bar ell back cleinus, include "ase yd yin suite, have PM Ger unconstitutional and in the long run vould ony,“ ‘Rither coupt toa bb tahgh' pss pesi- already bom filed. oberer counsel generally believe ‘he strays tione These stretecista profer a bill similar to one introduced by Popresentative Jobn-ynne (Re Tow) in last session, setting s tine limit for “uture suits of this nature, BR IAM ON ast) Wi