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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 26S
TESTIMONY OF FELIX H. KNIGHT, WILLIAM C. BIRTHRIGHT, AND WILLIAM C. DOHERTY, VICE PRESIDENTS, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Mr. McCann. We will start first with the chairman of the committee. Who is the chairman of the committee?
Mr. Knight. I am. Mr. Chairman, before I testify I should like to make a request that I think will expedite the handling of this case and the testimony of these witnesses. Mr. Doherty has been secretary of this connnittee since its appointment, October 25, 1945. As secretary he has done all of the writing of such records as he was able to bring from the American Federation of Labor to present to the committee and he is familiar with all of them and therefore the committee would appreciate it if it would be possible to have Mr. Doherty testify first.
Mr. INIcCann. Now, ]\Ir. Knight, I think it would be an excellent idea, perhaps, to examine Mr. Doherty, but first of all we should like to examine the members of the committee, and we will examine Mr. Doherty in connection with any matter in which you are in doubt. You understand, in this matter, which is of such great importance to this community, that you three gentlemen were entrusted with a grave responsibility and you three alone were the ones who performed it. Now we shall be delighted to have Mr. Doherty assist you in the procuring of any documents you need or in contributing in any way that he can in the wav of assistance.
Mr. KxiGHT. Mr. Doherty is a member of the committee and has those records and is more familiar with them than anyone else.
Mr. McCann. I see. There is no reason why Mr. Doherty shouldn't be the first witness to testify, then.
Mr. Kearns. Very well. Take the chair, Mr. Doherty.
Mr. McCann. Will you please state your full name and your residence ?
Mr. Doherty. My name is William C. Doherty. I am vice president of the American Federation of Labor and president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, an organization of some 76,000 members, which I believe to be the largest voluntary trade-union in this or any other country. I reside in Washington, D. C.
Mr. McCann. What is your telephone number at your office there, sir?
Mr. Doherty. Executive 4696.
Mr. McCann. How long have you been president of the letter carriers ?
Mr. Doherty. Since October 1941.
Mr. McCann. When were you appointed as a member of the arbitration committee to decide the issues between the Conference of Studio Unions and the lATSE?
Mr. Doherty. Mr. Chairman, in answer to counsel's interrogation, I should inform him and the others involved in this dispute that there never has been a board of arbitration appointed.
Mr. McCann. Will you please state what you were doing and how you came to