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)

MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISP15TES 327 Mr. BiRTHBiGPiT. Well, I will tell you, Mr. Arnold. I don't find it here. Mr. Arnold. You haven't it? Mr. BlKTHRIUHT. No. Mr. Aknoijc). In otlier words, you didn't write it? Mr. Birthright. I don't find It. I will read the order of 1946, word for word and comma lor comma. Mr. Arnold. You read your directive wn-itten on August 10? Mr. Birthright. Yes. Mr. Sorreix. Then will you read for the record again your exact wording of August 16, 194GV Mr. Birthright. This is dated August 16, 1946. "Hollywood jurisdiction committee comes to the decision that the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America * * * as set forth in the committee's directive of December 26, 194.5 * * * and we afhrm this previous decision. The committee took cognizance of the allegations in the communication .sent to President Green by Organizer Flannagan under date of August 9, 1946. According to the statements therein, carpenters' local No. 946, of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, alleges that this violation continued on the carpenters' jurisdiction as set forth in llie directive. The efore your c;)inmiiiee rcit^^rates and emphasizes that the board's decision set forth in the directive shall be adhered to by all parties concerned. * * * The jurisdiction whicli was given to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and the lATSE on February 5, 1925 — and known as the 1926 agreement — remains in full foi'ce and effect. "Division of work by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, section 1: All trim and millwork on sets and stages; all millwork and carpenter work connected with studios; all work in carjienter shops; all permanent construction ; all construction on exterior sets. Division of work by the lATSE : Miniature sets ; erection of sets on stages, except as provided in section 1 ; erecting all sets, exterior and interior ; erecting of platforms for lamp operators and cameramen on stages." It is not construed as interfering with or disrupting any jurisdition otherwise granted the United Brotlierhood of Carpenters and Joinei's of America by the American Federation of Labor. "Under no circumstances is the decision intended to give jurisdiction for trim and millwork on sets and stages to anyone other than the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Jurisdiction over erection of sets and stages was awarded to the lATSE under the provisions of section 8, which specifically excluded trim and millwork on sets on stages. Sections 2 to 5, inclusive, recognize the rightful jurisdiction of tlie United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America on all mill work and carpenter work in connection with studios ; all work in carpenter shops ; all permanent construction and all construction work on exterior .sets. In view of the alleged violations, this committee thereby directs that all participants in the Hollywood motion-picture studios directly adhere to the directive handed down on December 26, 1945." Signed by the committee. You want me to continue reading? Mr. Price. Yes ; to the end of the page. Mr. McCann (reading) : Mr. Reagan. Mr. Birthright, I thiidi maybe I had better tell you this, so that maybe you can understand why there is so much fuss out here. That was not the August 16 clarification that was sent here from Mr. Green's oflice of tiie A. F. of L. They did not send the thing you wrote. They sent another thing that they called your clarification. Mr. Birthright. I tell you I have just read the clarification we \\rote at the (blank) Hotel in Chicago, 111., from August 12 to 20, 1946. Mr. Birthright. Well, now. Counsel, as I explained this morning, that was a memorandum of the first draft of the so-called clarification. After it was discussed. I might say, that by a pure accident I had the wrong piece of paper, but it was discussed. The committee added — do you want me to read this? Here is what the committee came back with. I won't read all of this.