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 907 that they are never read back to the meeting for its approval or correction. Mr. McCann. Mr. Chairman, I would like to excuse Mr. Casey a minute to put Mr. Maurice Benjamin on the stand. Mr. Kearns. All right. TESTIMONY OF MAURICE BENJAMIN— Recalled Mr. McCann. Mr. Benjamin, you are counsel for the producers at this hearing, are you not ? Mr. Benjamin. Yes, sir. Mr. McCann. And have been their counsel for some time, have you not? Mr. BenjaiMin. Yes, sir. Mr. McCann. You were their counsel during the period covered by the disagreements which arose out of the clarification of the decision of December 26, 1945, were you not? Mr. Benjamin. Yes, sir. Mr. McCann. Did you miss any meetings at which these matters were discussed by the producers ? Mr. Benjamin. Yes, sir. Mr. McCann. You missed some of them ? Mr. Benjamin. Yes, sir. Mr. McCann. You were usually there, were you not ? Mr. Benjamin, I was usually there, Mr. McCann, except that 1 believe that during one portion of that period I had occasion to go to New York, Mr. McCann, And at that time you consulted Mr, Benjamin, I also was not normally present at all of the bargaining negotiating meetings. Mr. McCann. But you were usually present at those meetings discussing policies and what the producers should do with respect to the conflict between the conference of studio unions and the lATSE, Ave re you not ? Mr. Benjamin. I was, except when I was away from the city. Mr. McCann. Now, .were you cognizant of the fact that minutes were kept of these meetings ? Mr. Benjamin. I was not. Mr. McCann, You never knew that notes were taken by Mr. Clarke in various sessions of the producers' labor committee ? Mr, Benjamin. Yes ; I knew Mr. Clarke took notes. I saw him take notes from time to time, Mr, McCann. You saw him take notes and of the proceedings that were taking place ? Mr, Benjamin. I saw him take notes at the proceedings. Mr. McCann, But you didn't know if they were for reference Mr, Benjamin, I had never seen the notes. They had never been submitted to me, to my knowledge, or to the labor committee for action. Mr. McCann, Isn't it a fact that sometimes you asked that those notes or that those minutes or copies of those minutes be furnished to you ? Mr, Benjamin, It is not. Mr, McCann, You did not ?