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)

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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 1041 powers herein granted to the Executive Board of this Alliance, the International President, Vice-President or International Representative appointed to conduct the affairs of such local union are hereby declared to be entirely inoperative and of no force and effect during the continuance of such emergency and until such emergency shall have terminated and such termination shall have been expressed by resolution of the General Executive Board. The sole authority for the conduct of the affairs of such local union during such emergency shall be the orders, rules, mandates and decisions of the International President, the Executive Board and the Vice-President or International Representative appointed to conduct the affairs of said local union, provided, however, that any officer or member of such union in good standing sliall have the right to api>eal from any such order, mandate or decision on account of whicli he feels aggrieved, to the General Executive Board and from the decision of said Board to the delegates of this Alliance when assembled in convention as provided in the Constitution in case of appeals from decisions of the President. The time for hearing on any complaint filed as herein provided may, in the discretion of the International President or his duly accredited representative, be extended upon the application of said accused officers of said local union and in no other case whatever, it being the purpose of this section to accord to said accused officers as early a hearing upon said complaint as is possible. Sec. 17. General Counsel: It shall be the duty of the International President, if and when he deems it necessary, to select a duly licensed and practicing attorney, or attorneys, familiar with labor problems and labor laws to act as general counsel, to receive such compen.sation, allowances and expenses, and for such period of time, not to exceed the term for which said President was elected, as he may deem most advantageous to this Alliance, and as may be agreed upon by contract, which contract shall be approved by a majority of the Executive Board. Sec. 18. Special Department : It shall be the duty of the International President to promulgate rules and regulations for the structural organization of a special department for film exchange employees and theatrical employees. X