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MOTIOX-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 11
1945, The i^rodiicers, painters' local 1421, and lATSE local 44 were all represented at and participated in this hearing.
However, on March 12, 1945, while the hearing was still in progress, painters' local 1421 called a strike against all of the major producers for the purpose of compelling the producers to recognize local 1421 as the collective bargaining agent of set dressers without waiting for the Board's decision.
On March 10, 1945, immediately before the strike, the Tenth Regional War Labor Board pointed out to the CSU that its case was being handled expeditiously, and that the proposed strike would be inconsistent with the peaceful and orderly methods established for the settlement of disputes.
Immediately the strike was called, Mr. William Green, president of the A. F. of L., officially disavowed the strike, denounced it as a violation of labor's no-strike pledge, and called upon the CSU to terminate immediately what he called "the unjustified strike in which you are engaged."'
On March 20, the National War Labor Board officially and formally directed that the strike be terminated immediately.
But the strike continued.
Mr. JMcCann. Just a moment. Let's get this straight now, so we may have it in our minds, apart from this record. A case was pending before the National Labor Relations Board, which had been filed there by the producers ?
Mr. Kahane. Correct, sir.
Mr. McCann. The CSU— local 1421, rather, of the CSU, and local 44 of the lA were parties to that hearing?
Mr. Kahane. They were parties and were present and participated.
Mr. McCann. And participated, and before the matter was adjudicated by the National Labor Relations Board, local 1421 called a strike?
Mr. Kahane. Correct, sir.
Mr. McCann. And they called that strike in spite of the fact that Mr. Green protested, and that the National War Labor Board protested; is that correct?
Mr. Kahane. They called the strike, and it was after they called the strike that the protest came from Mr. Green.
Mr. McCann. I just wanted to get that clear. Proceed.
Mr. Kahane. Months afterward the National Labor Relations Board observed :
Were we called upon to determine whether the action of the employees in striking was well considered, we should say unhestitatingly that it was not. It showed a disregard for orderly processes of the Board, and an unwillingness to rely upon the machinery which Congress had made available as an alternative to the strike; it contributed materially to the prolongation of a dispute which the Board could otherwise have decided many months ago.
Although the strike was called by local 1421 of the painters' union, most of the CSU unions joined the strike.
The dispute over set dressers or set decorators was, of course, only a small part of the long-standing jurisdictional contest between the lATSE and the unions which were members of the CSU". The producers were in the middle.
They dared not submit to the pressure of the strike and recognize local 1421, because such action on their part would have resulted in