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542 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES
cause we understood it was a person's God-given right to strike if there was reasons justifying a strike.
And there were other conditions that they laid down, and we recessed for a few moments so that we might talk it over amongst ourselves.
When we came back Mr. Boren said that he didn't think there was any use of going any further into the issues, that we would be welcome to have meetings with them at any other time we wished. They would try to arrange these meetings any time we would care to meet with them.
Mr. McCanx. Now, can you tell me what date the first meeting was that you had with the producers after the trip to New York?
Mr. Skeltox. No; offhand I cannot. I will have to
Mr. McCaxx. I would like to know when those meetings were. I want records on that.
Mr. Skeltox. It was approximately 2 months ago. I have a copy of the telegram, Mr. Cambiano has it in his files at the present time, the telegram he received from the producers. And he was in San Mateo at the time.
They asked for the meeting on Monday. He said he couldn't be these on Monday, he would be there Tuesday. And they wired back that would be perfectly all right.
Mr. McCaxx. I want that in a short summary form, if I can have it, a record that is separate and apart from this record, to show step by step your efforts to bargain collectively at the two meetings that w^ere held. In connection with that, if I may diverge for a moment, Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask Mr. Price to furnish me with a statement showing how many times since the directive, since the clarification came out, the bargaining committee of the studios or producers have gone to New York on this matter, and with whom they have consulted. Will you do that ?
Mr. Price. I will find out.
Mr. McCaxx. I think we had better go back to the beginning of the 1945 strike. That will give us the full picture of how many times the bargaining committee have gone back to New York, because the thing that may be a very important thing in this, Mr. Chairman, is whether anything can be done in Hollywood to settle the Hollywood problem or whether everything must clear through New York before Hollywood problems can be settled. I would like to get the factual data on that.
Mr. Skeltox. Mr. Counsel, the only one trip I know of they went to New York was soon after they came back — the meeting was arranged— jNIr. Boren told Mv. Cambiano and myself that the meeting was called after their trip to New York. And until after they had made that trip they were not allowed to have meetings with us here in Hollywood.
Mi-. McCaxx. You mean prior to that trip?
Mr. Skeltox. Prior to the trip to New York they were not allowed to hold meetings for the purpose of collective bargaining with local union O-IG.
Mr. McCaxx, Have you anything else to testify to, sir?
Mr. Skeltox. I would like to say a few words about the arbitration procedure that was talked about between the actors and the Confer