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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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 1307 Now, Mr. Chairman, I want to read a tele^-am. The telegraph office delivered this to my office on January 18, 1946, addressed to myself: This will inform j'ou that the undersigned producers have been studying and analyzing the decision by the A. F. of L. executive council coinniittee dated December 20. 1045. By mutual consent of the parties concerned the date for establisldng the determinations in the decision was delayed. One of the unions coneerned has instrucft'd the undersigned tliat there be no further delay. Ac- cordingly the undersigned intend to place the decision in effect on January 21, 1946, in all jurisdictional situations specitically determined thereby. Where the decision fails to specifically determine any jurisdictional situation the undersigned will continue to operate as heretofore. Issued by the Columbia Pictures Corp., Samuel Goldwyn, Loew's, Inc., I'aramount Pictures, Inc., RKO- Radio Pictures, Inc., Republic Productions— I may pause because I am not familiar where those terms begin and end— 20th Century-Fox Film Corp., Universal Pictures Co., and Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. I read that because that telegram was a notice to me from those producers that they wanted to put into effect those decisions by that board, and where the decision is not specific they suggest it be handled another way. I introduce that telegram, because when, by reason of the arbitration board grossly erring and violating their responsibility, they made a determination to apply where there was no dispute, and as a result of it create disputes in every studio in the Hollywood area, and when our representative approached every producer to call it to their atten- tion nothing was done. There was evidence, that the producers hesitated to act because the lATSE would not stand for it. Therefore I say not only the producers but the lATSE, in the lan- guage of the street, put us behind the eight ball. We had no tools to work with to help adjudicate these differences, and all because I again charge that the A. F. of L. arbitration com- mittee violated their responsibilities. They trespassed into a terri- tory where there was no dispute, where the two unions were cooperat- ing and had been cooperating for year; but, as the result of that decision, I repeat they produced and developed disputes in every studio, and the producers and the IA cooperated to prevent a proper adjudication.of those disputes. Xow, Mr. Chairman, I think you aprpeciate I am located at long range from tlie seat of this controversy. What I have testified to was information received through correspondence, telegrams, and long- distance telephone. In your request that I appear before you, you said I should have someone to corroborate wliat I testify in the matter of jurisdictional disputes, et cetera. I have brought with me Mr. Wayne, who has been the business repre- sentative ever since we have established contractual relationship with the studios, with the exception of about 2 years ago. He elected to go back and work with the tools. I guess he wants to rest. But recently again the membership prevailed upon him to airain represent them. He is here to testify.