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Show breakdown of collective bargaining. bargain-ing. Statement to this effect was made before a Congress committee commit-tee last week by Raymond S. Smethurst, counsel of the National Nation-al Association of Manufacturers, in behalf of its 16,000 members. "Portal-ito-portal" pay lawsuits ndw total $5 billion in claims, and "constitute a threat to the entire national economy," Mr. Smethurst pointed out, adding: "It has been alleged and will un-doulbtedly un-doulbtedly be urged upon this committee com-mittee that Congress is without power to remedy the conditions brought by the Supreme Court decision. de-cision. "Acceptance of that view would mean a confession of impotence on the pant of Congress to deal with a problem which could become a national catastrophe." JamiS Prksto The vast sums of money involved involv-ed in pending and prospective "portal-to-portal" pay suits, with their many ramifications, could: 1. Add billions of dollars to the public debt by substantially increasing in-creasing government Wartime expenditures; ex-penditures; 2. Seriously complicate the Administration Ad-ministration of Federal arid state tax laws and prevent any early tax reductions; 3. Cause widespread bankruptcy and unemployment; 4. Interfere with projected expansion ex-pansion and improvrnent of business busi-ness enterprises; 5. Deluge the courts with complicated com-plicated lawsuits; 6. Cause serious labor disputes by bringing about a complete |