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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES G35
To what extent did Twentieth Century-Fox participate in the labor committee meetings between September 11 and September 23, and by whom were they represented ?
Mr. Mannix. Well, I have no records of the meetings, and what was said by Twentieth Century-Fox I could not attempt to repeat. Whether they were there at each meeting — I would have to refer to the labor file of who was at the meeting, to answer that question.
Both of the questions, it would be unfair for me to answer them.
Mr. McCann. At some of those meetings you were conscious of the fact Mr. Meyer was present as a representative ?
Mr. Mannix. He may have been there. He may have been there at some of the meetings.
Mr. McCann. He was there?
Mr. Mannix. He may have been there at all of the meetings. I couldn't answer the question under oath whether he was there at all the meetings or not.
Mr. McCann. I understand. We are not asking j^ou that. Isn't it true that the major studios, through the labor committee, determined upon a policy which resulted in uniform treatment throughout the industry of the painters and carpenters?
Mr. Mannix. Is it not true that the labor committee had the uniform
Mr. McCann. I will read it. Read the question.
(The question was read.)
Mr. Mannix. I tliink the uniform treatment was, any man who refused to do a job assigned to him for the — ^because by the carpenters designating sets "hot," I think at that particular time we wanted to keep our studios open, and a man was assigned to do a job and he didn't do it when asked, and he was asked to leave the premises.
Mr. McCann. Has your company discharged any lATSE men or discriminated against any of them in any way, as a result of any hot sets, hot-set declaration by the lATSE ?
Mr. Mannix. I couldn't answer that question. I don't know when, where, or what time or when, in what year, I mean.
Mr. McCann. You don't know, you mean ?
Mr. Mannix. I don't know. I couldn't answer that.
Mr. McCann. Is it not true that the only discharges resulting from hot-set disputes were those of CSU people.
Mr. Mannix. I would think, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that is true.
Mr. McCann. I am reading now from statements that were made by Mr. Walsh before his national convention, and I am asked by Mr. Cobb to present these questions.
The meeting broke up —
for your benefit, that was a meeting in New York City, as I understand, between Mr. Hutcheson and Mr. Walsh, to try to determinate who should have jurisdiction over set erection in Hollywood. Going back :
The in'-eting broke ni3, and as I walked down Broadway with Nick Sekenck, he said, ''Can you run rlie studios?" I said "'Well, we will make an I'.onest efJort to do it. There are some 4,000 people out. There is no loose manpower around."
"But," I said, "we must keep our theaters operating. If the studios shut down, our sets shut down, because it is a source from which they feed. We will