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)

MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 645 mittee sliall immediately discuss the matter and the dispute shall be settled if fit all possible. Step Four. — If such Grievance Committee cannot settle the dispute, an Impartial Chairman shall be selected by the members of the Grievance Committee within five days and such Grievance Committee and the Impartial Chairman shall promptly proceed to hear the matter and settle the dispute. The decision of the Grievance Committee and the Impartial Chairman shall be binding upon the parties hereto and upon the members of the Union. The Grievance Committee and the Impartial Chairman shall have power to interpret and apply the provisions of this agreement, but shall not have power to amend or modify any of its provisions, nor shall they have power to effect a change in any of its provisions. The Grievance Committee and the Impartial Chairman shall not have power to determine jurisdictional disputes between the Union and other labor organization. Fees and expenses of the Impartial Chairman shall be borne equally by the aggrieved Union and the Producers. Any grievance not presented under Step One within thirty days after the occurrence of the subject matter of the grievance shall be deemed to be waived. Time spent on Distant Location shall not be included within this period. Failure to settle the dispute within ten days after the invocation of Steps One, Two, and Three, respectively, entitles either party to proceed to the next step. Producer : lATSE and MPMO By By Mv. McCann". Now, can you tell us how long that contract has been under discussion here and in New York? Mr. Mannix. Under the 1945 directive the classification of set erectors was established. We have established the wage scale for them from 1945. We never had a signed contract with them. We made a contract with them August of this year, in fact, the 21st of August of this year. We believe that under the directive this work was assigned to them and they demanded a contract for it, and we gave it to them. Mr. McCann. Another question by Mr. Cobb. Are you certain 5^ou said at Miami only 300 cai-penters were affected by the 191:5 directive ? Mr. Maxxix. I said that I would make an estimate. Mr. Tobin asked me this question. I smiled and I said, "I don't know whether I can answer that, Mr. Tobin. Let me guess." I said, "Between 300 and 350 carpenters." The question of the spirit of the 1945 directive — I would like to take this opportunity to express a feeling. We went to Miami for the support of the A. F. L., that they were going to support the directive that was issued by the three vice presidents. That is why we were there. Mr. Hutcheson had definitely said he would not abide by it. We went to Miami, and that is how I came before the council, and we left. We were heard, possibly 15 or 20 minutes. We waited around for a day or two, and we were finally advised that the executive council had said to support the directive. Now, there was no question at that time that in Mr. Hutcheson's mind work was being taken away from carpenters. Otherwise, he wouldn't have opposed the directive. The carpenters here worked under the' directive until August 9 months later. I don't think there was a question in anybody's mind that this directive had taken work which had been historically carpenters'. I dont' think there was a question in my mind or Mr. Walsh's mind, or Mr. Hutcheson's mind ; no question about it. And that directive