Jurisdictional disputes in the motion-picture Industry : hearings before a special subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first-session, pursuant to H. Res. 111 (1948)

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20 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES Mr. McCakn. I was not trying to reflect on you or anyone else, sir. You presided over the procedure in the treaty of Beverly Hills. This sounds so much like just before a war to me. Who else participated ( Mr. Kaiiane. Mr. Robert Montgomery. Mr. McCann. Is he in town ^ Mr. Kahane. I don't know. He is an actor. He was the president Mr. McCann. I have heard that he acts once in a while. We would like to have him present, too. Mr. Kaiiane. I think he is in town ; I am not sure. Mr. Pat Summerset of the Screen Actors Guild, Herb Sorrell, of course; Mr. White of the machinists' union; and practically every business representative of the lATSE locals; and the teamsters' representative, Mr, Tuohy. Among the producers, Mr. Friedman, Mr. Mannix, Mr. Preston, Mr. Meyer. I think every studio was represented at that hearing. Mr. McCann. Well, actually it didn't accomplish anything, did it? Mr. Kahane. Oh, yes. Mr. McCann. Did it ? Mr. Kaiiane. It settled the strike. Mr. McCann. Stopped the strike? Mr. Kahane. These men were on strike at the time. It did that. Mr. McCann. It allowed them to go back to work? Mr. Kahane. It allowed them to go back to work and definitely disposed of a large question. However, there was some confusion at that time as to whether this strike was over wages or over a jurisdictional problem. With the admissions that it was purel}?^ jurisdictional, and with the admissions made by the conference with respect to money, there was still that same confusion about it, which was disposed of at this meeting, that the machinists' controversy was settled— that it was all agreed on and that it was for the National Labor Relations Board to hold this election and decide who was the bargaining representative. Mr. McCann. Please excuse my interruption, but I thought this last clause here in substance said that the treaty had failed. Mr. Kahane. Oh, no. Mr. McCann. It did accomplish something? Mr. Kahane. Ended the strike, and there was no trouble until September. Mr. McCann. All right; proceed. Mr. Ki\HANE. Other efforts to formulate an arbitration procedure — notably one sponsored by the Screen Actors Guild during the pendency of the present strike — have proved equally abortive. Mr. McCann. Who were the leaders of the Screen Actors Guild in that effort? Mr. Kahane. I would say Mr. Montgomery; Mr. Ronald Reagan, the president of the guild ; Mr. Edward Arnold ; Jack Bales ; I think most of the members of the board of directors and executive committee were actively involved in an attempt to find a solution to the jurisdictional problems. Mr. McCann. Well, will you proceed, sir? Mr. Kahane. To preserve continuity, it may be helpful to go back to the A. F. of L. arbitration committee's award which determined that the carpenters' union was to have jurisdiction over certain car