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512 COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Kearney. During these days of violence, can you definitely place Herbert K. Sorrell in that? Mr. Brewer. Yes. He was indicted for conspiracy, although he was never convicted. He was the leader of it. There is no doubt about that, and I will say he was no mean protagonist. He was a very effective leader. Mr. Tavenner. Returning to your testimony regarding the list of observers, you testified in 1947 before this committee and gave the list of those individuals ? Mr. Brewer. Yes; I did. Mr. Tavenner. That appears in your testimony ? Mr. Brewer. Yes. Mr. Tavenner. And is this the list to which you referred: John Howard Lawson, John Garfield. John Wexley, Sidney Buchman, Howard Koch, Larry Adler, Lewis Milestone, Dalton Trumbo, Cary McWilliams, Frank Tuttle, Robert Rossen, and William Pomerance? Mr. Brewer. I am quite sure that is the list. Before I testified positively I would have to refresh my recollection from the record. Mr. Tavenner. This is on page 354 of your testimony in 1947 [handing document to the witness], Mr. Brewer. That was the list. Mr. Jackson. List of whom? Mr. Tavenner. List of persons who appeared as observers, to which he referred. Mr. Brewer. That is the list; yes. Then what happened was, the strikers went back to work, and, of course, one of the problems was: What will we do with the men we put in while the strikers were out? Mr. Potter. Did you say Eric Johnston appealed to your head- quarters ? Mr. Brewer. To the American Federation of Labor. Mr. Potter. And was settlement reached at that time? Mr. Brewer. Actually, it is supposed to be the first time in its history that the A, F. of L. interfered in that way, but they issued a directive in which they ordered the unions back to work and set up a three-man committee. Then began a series of discussions within the American Federation of Labor, led by Mr. Hutcheson. I am ahead of my story. The three-man committee came out and made a decision. There was one group of workers under the decision which the decision gave to IATSE, and as a result Mr. Hutcheson said he would not accept that decision. Mr. Jackson. What was the decision? Mr. Brewer. They said the set erectors should go to IATSE, and everybody agreed except Mr. Hutcheson, but he did not call a strike. He said his union could work if they wanted to, but he would not, as president, agree to it. That remained a source of agitation. Our union made a decision at that point. During the course of the strike it had been almost impossible for us to convince people of the Communist nature of this situation. Everyone thought we were only trying to justify our posi- tion, and we were not able to convince even Eric Johnston that the real trouble was this Communist influence.