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)

Record Details:

Title:
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
Date:
1948
Publisher:
Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Volume:
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 (Eightieth Congress)
Leaf #:
000403
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Boston Public Library
Sponsor:
Kahle/Austin Foundation and Omidyar Network
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 381 Mr. McCann. Yes. Mr. Knight. No, sir. Mr, McCann. Was there a committee from the Screen Actors Guild present ? Mr. Knight. My recollection is there wasn't anybody present other than the council members. Mr, McCann. Do you confirm that, Mr. Doherty ? Mr, Doherty. You are talking about the time we handed down this clarification? Mr. McCann. Yes. Mr. Doherty. That is my remembrance; that is my recollection. Mr. McCann. The only people present were the members of the council, and there were no representatives of the Hollywood groups involved in the controversy in that meeting? Mr. Knight. That is my recollection, Mr. Attorney. Mr. McCann. They did not voice any, or did not contribute in the creation of any new directive? Mr. Kearns. Mr. Counsel, there is another point we ought to bring out. I just ha^Dpened to ask Mr. Doherty about this, Mr. McCann. By all means, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Kearns. This committee was never asked, as I understand — correct me, now, if I am mistaken — you were never asked by the council to report to them? Mr. Doherty. That is right. Mr. Kearns. In other words, what I am trying to get at is that the council sent these men out here to do a job, to the best of their ability. But they were in no way charged by the council to report their findings back to the council, to pass on a decision that they made after their study. Am I correct? Mr. Knight. That is right. Mr. McCann. I think it is clear. Mr. Kearns. I want that clear in the record. Mr. McCann. I think it is clear. Mr. Doherty. We tried to be fair with the council, just as we are trying to be fair here. And we did give to the council the full benefit of our decision at a later meeting, probably in January. ]Mr. Kearxs. But you were never charged Mr, Doherty. We were never charged with the responsibility of reporting back to the council. Mr. Kearns. The American Federation of Labor never required this committee to come back and report to tliem ? Mr. McCann. I understand on the December 26 issue Mr. Knight. I repeat, I think there is a lot in that directive that,, if you were to study that directive — it didn't require us to report to the council. It required us to render a decision and deliver it, and when, after the argument started, and wanting to be helpful, as we have always been, and cooperative, when the argument arose in Miami in January, we wanted to be helpful and we wanted to settle this thing out here. The only thing I am concerned about in what we did — we don't claim to be perfect — is that nobody accuses us of being dishonest. JNIr. McCann. Mr. Knight, I haven't heard Mr. Knight. I don't want that. They can call me anything they want to but that.