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604 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES [
Mr. ]\Ieyer. Yes, sir.
Mr. McCann. Where does he have his office ?
Mr. Meyer. Here in Los Angeles.
Mr. McCann. Was he the counsel who was present at the time of the conference which followed the ultimatum to which you tesified, I believe, a few days ago.
Mr. Meyer. I don't recall, INIr. McCann, whether he was present. I was present at that meeting. I don't recall whether Mr. Wright was there or not, but if he was not, I contacted counsel after that.
Mr. McCann. Was he counsel for all of the other studios?
Mr. Meyer. No ; he was not. He only represents Twentieth CenturyFox Film Corp.
Mr. McCann. Now, there isn't any question that the other studios, from the testimony that we received, did the same thing, is there?
Mr. Kearns. Mr. Counsel, let's not try to get these studios too; I "would rather just take the testimony of each studio, and then we will put that together. We know how to add two and two.
Mr. Price. I am ready to reach a stipulation, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. McCann. Mr. Chairman, I think if he has a stipulation prepared and it is acceptable to us
Mr. Kearns. Well, I want to get a few of these word-for-word testimonies, then we will take a lot of the paper stuff later on.
Mr. McCann. Mr. Chairman, I just wanted, in defense of the profession of the law, to indicate the fact that Mr. Wright, not having been counsel for the other studios, certainly could not have given advice to the others upon which there seems to have been a general program used. I wanted to establish by Mr. Meyer while he was on the stand, Mr. Chairman, to get a definite statement as to the one man, if there Avas one man, wdio determined that this procedure should be followed.
Do you know of such a man ?
Mr. Meyer. There was no such man. I want to make that statement very definite, and if I may, Mr. Kearns, I would like to elaborate.
Mr. Kearns. The only thing is, now, just so I get it straight in my mind here, when you say this order came from you, you were the top man in the company, it came from your idea alone?
Mr. Meyer. After consulting Mr. Wright.
Mr. Kearns. Who is Mr. Wright, then ?
Mr. Meyer. Mi-. Kearns, let me say
Mr. Kearns. What was his title with the company ?
Mr. Meyer. He is the general counsel.
Mr. Kearns. Is he a production man?
Mr. Meyer. No This involves a legal problem, Mr. Kearns, not an operation problem. We were told by Mr. Cambiano that "unless our men do certain work tomorrow morning, we are going to declare sets hot."
Mr. Kearns. When did he tell you that ?
Mr. Meyer. I don't recall the exact date.
Mr. Kearns. September 11 is the record of it.
Mr. Meyer. All right. Mr. Cambiano, Mr. Skelton, and a committee from local 046 met with the representatives of the various studios and gave us the ultimatum late one afternoon, that unless their men did whatever they construed to be carpenter work, sets would be declared hot.
Mr. Kearns. He gave you that personally?