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276 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES
Now, Mr. Doherty. would yon tell me whether yoii wrote the clarification or who wrote it or who put it out?
Mr. DoiiEKTY. Very definitely, Mr. Chairman and counsel, without hesitation; we wrote the clarification — the members of this A. F. of L, committee. Of course, that is a question that can't be answered in just a few Avords. It requires an explanation.
Mr. McCann. We want 3^ou to explain it.
Mr. Doherty. After the decision had been handed down and had been, I would say, accepted in probably 1)5 percent of the cases in Hollywood, proving conclusively we did do a good job, with the exception of this one element — the erection of sets on stages and locations— I think that everything was in apple-pie order, but the undercurrent and the difficulty, it seems from later reports, was such that the executive council of the American Federation of I>abor discussed it at great length in its regular quarterly sessions, and later determined that President Green would send a representative here to Hollywood to go over the entire proposition.
Mr. McCann. Who was he?
Mr. Doherty. A Mr. Daniel V. Flanagan, as I recall, and he went over our decision, as I understand it, and brought in a very lengthy report to the executive council setting forth his views based on the contacts which he had had with the people in Hollywood over a j)eriod of time.
Mr. McCann. Do you have a copy of his report ?
Mr. Doherty. I regret, sir, that I do not. It is not under the committee's domain, and it is on file somewhere with the American Federation of Labor records, which are in the custody of the secretarytreasurer, Mr. Meany.
Mr. McCaxx. We have asked Mr. Flanagan to get in touch; we will ask him for a copy of this study; an.d, if it is in Mr. Meany's custody, to get in touch with Mr. Mean}^ and try to get that here in the next day or so.
Now proceed with your statement.
Mr. Doherty. Mr. Flanagan wrote a letter, to which you have already referred, to President Green, which was submitted to the executive council.
Mr. McCan^x'. Has that letter been received in evidence ? Have you a copy of that letter ?
Mr. Doherty. I regret that I do not have custody of the letter, nor do I have a copy of it.
Mr. McCaxx. Mr. Flanagan?
Mr. Pad WAY. Mr. Flanagan is out calling.
Mr, McCann. I wonder if it is possible for Mrs. Locher to call him on the telephone? I can't do anything until he comes back.
Mr. Doherty. I think we can proceed without that for the time being, Mr. Chairman and counsel.
As the result of that letter, dated August 9, 1946, which was read to the executive council meeting in Washington, D. C. — rather, in Chicago, TIL; beg your pardon — Avhich was held from August 12 to 20, 1940, the Hollywood situation was again discussed at great length in the executive council of the A. F. of L.
Mr. McCaxx. May I interrupt you a minute? Mr. Flanagan, have you sent for the
Mr. Flaxagax. I just got through sending the wire.