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)

364 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES So, when Congressman Hartley's statement reached the distinguished chairman of this subcommittee and he read it in the form of a press release, as I understand it, and as I recall, it was with a feeling of great elation, I am sure, that the letter carriers of America and their national president appreciate what the Congressman from New Jersey has done today. But, Mr. Chairman, expunging it from this record will not take it out of the newsjDapers of the United States of America, who have been so capably represented by these men of the fourth estate, who cover the country like a Mother Hubbard or a blanket, and so in fairness to Congressman Hartley, while I disagreed with him in toto relative to the enactment of Public Law No. 101, Eightieth Congress, I want to say that he has always been fair to the postal people and that I am happy to number him among my closest friends. I make that statement not only as the president of the letter carriers, but also as a vice president of the American Federation of Labor. At this time, Mr. Chairman, I would request that, in fairness to Congressman Hartley, a speech that he made to the convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers on September 3, 1946, in the city of Detroit, Mich., be made a part of the record of this hearing here. I make that request, Mr. Chairman, for the simple reason that it will tell the people all over America, and particularly my own family and my relations, that Mr. Hartley has not been responsible for what has happened here, and it will tell them that Mr. Hartley holds the letter carriers and other postal people in high esteem. I now request, Mr. Chairman, that this speech, which I have torn from the pages of our convention proceedings, be made a part of this record, and that it appear in the record as having been submitted by myself. Mr. Kearns. No objection, Mr. Doherty. (The speech referred to is as follows:) Hon. Fred A. Hartley, Jr. My good friend, Bill Doherty, General Donaldson, officials of the Post Office Department, delegates to this convention, ladies and gentlemen : At tiie outset, I want to say if I get to the eightieth session, there is no question I'll be with you. [Laughter.] I was greeted at the station, as I arrived from Newark this morning, by a couple of New Jersey Lithuanians, Messrs. Slattery and Gerraty, and the first thing they said to me was, "Listen, Fred, this is a convention of the carriers. We don't expect a filibuster. [Laughter.] We want your speech to be like the dresses the CPA has ordered the women to wear — long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to be interesting." [Laughter.] There is a little gag making the rounds in Washington that I want to leave with you. It concerns a bachelor Congressman who, on his first term in Washington, wanted to go out and have a little evening's entertainment. He went to this ballroom to attend a dance. He didn't want any of the rug-cutting and any of the razz-ma-tazz stuff ; he wanted to dance an old-fashioned waltz. The first numbers, however, were nothing but brass. Finally, he was getting ready to leave when the brass section of the band died down and tlie string section plav"d up, and they started to play a beautiful old-fashioned waltz. He looked around the auditorium, wondering whether he would be able to find someone who looked as though she might like to dance a waltz. Finally he spotted a petite, demure girl on the opposite side of the ballroom. He walked over and said, "Would you like to dance this waltz with me?" "It would be a great pleasure," she said. They had a wonderful time. They danced around and around and ai'ound the auditorium, and all the time a funny sensation was coming over him because