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278 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES
Mr. McCann. Ill other words, the report of ]Mr. Fhmaoan with respect to the disputes which had arisen out of your original directive so impressed the council of the A. F. of L. that they directed you as a committee to try to be more specific, and that is why you wrote this clarification ?
Mr. DoiiERTY. Well, I would not be in a position to say that that is the true situation. I believe that Mr. Flanagan's letter, which was dated August 9, 1946, had a definite bearing on the action of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor — it had a definite bearing.
Mr. McCann. Someone at least made the council suggest to you that you give a clarification ; is that right?
Mr. DoifERTY. Unquestioiiably the clifRciiUy which liad ensued out here with another strike entered into the picture.
Mr. McCann. Now I want to ask you this : Was any effort made by Mr. Hutcheson, from the time you issued your original judgment in this case on December 26, 1945, until the time you issued your clarification in August 1946, to force you to change your opinion ?
Mr. DoiiERTY. Well, Mr. Chairman and counsel, let me say this for the record : that there is no man within the American Federation of Labor big enough or powerful enough to force me — and I am sure I am speaking for Birthright and Knight — to force me or my colleagues— my colleagues or myself — to hand down a clarification. However, just like your subcommittee has to take instructions from the full Committee on Education and Labor, we acquiesced in the desires of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor and handed down a clarification.
Mr. McCann. Now, Mr. Doherty, it has been testified here that pressures had been brought to bear upon you by Mr. Hutcheson, and that this committee was so concerned at the time when they were interviewed by the Guild of Screen Actors, that you men had written your resignations as vice presidents of the American Federation of Labor and had them in your pocket. Is that true T
Mr. Doherty. That is absolutely untrue, so far as I am concerned, and the other vice presidents can speak for themselves.
Mr. McCann. Right at that point and before going further, Mr. Knight, what is your answer to the question I just asked Mr. Doherty?
Mr. KxiGHT. I never wrote any resignation — never thought of writing a resignation on that question or as the result of it.
Mr. McCann. You didn't have a resignation in your pocket during that time ?
Mr. Knight. No, sir; never did.
Mr. McCann. Did anybody bring pressure to bear on you to force you. to change your opinion with respect to your directive?
Mr. Knight. They did not.
Mr. McCann. All right, Mr. Birthright, will you tell me whether or not you had Avritten your resignation ?
Mr. Birthright. No ; I hadn't.
Mr. McCann. Was any pressure brought to bear on you by Mr. Green ?
Mr. Birthright. Mister who?
Mr. ^IcCann. By Mr. Hutcheson, I mean.
Mr. Birthright. No.
Mr. McCann. By anyone else?