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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 1069 and slow-downs, without a settlement of the difficulty. In my opinion you must settle the difficulty. The unions iuA^olved must settle it or must agree that someone else could settle it for them. Mr. UwExs. Certainly, when you have gone along for 2 years and you haven't attempted to make any use of what we have given you, 1 don't think there is much more we can do. Haven't you made any attempt to use the National Labor Relations Board at all under the new law ^ Mr. JoiixsTOX. AVell, in the first place I think you should know, Mr. Owens, that this dispute was in effect for almost a year before the Taft-Hartley Act became a law. Mr. Oavens. I know. It was in effect about 8 months or more when you were testifying before us a year ago. Mr. JoHXSTOx. That is right. It was in effect almost a year before the Taft-Hartley Act became a law. Mr. OwExs. That would not change it any. You could still operate as soon as it became a law. Mr. JoiixsTOX. Our legal counsel advises me there are questions of employment of people who were then on the job. What happens to those who were on the jryh at the time this strike occurred in September, 1946 ? What provision is going to take care of them ? In other words, it is a complicated legal problem which our counsel has advised me they cannot successfully get alleviation of their diffi- cult it's through the Taft-Hartley law. iSIr. OwEXS. I heard that recently in the musical situation, the same, argument on FM, but I notice a few days later it was stricken out. I called attention to the fact that in my opinion there was no diffi- culty. The same situation exists here. You are telling me you have made no attempts to go to general counsel and ask him to secure an injunction? Mr. JoHXSTOX^. I am not handling the legal problems involved, Mr. Owens. « Mr. Owens. If you haven't done that, I have no more questions to ask, because until you prove that that isn't going to take care of your problem, I certain!}^ would not be one to attempt to make anj^ further change in the law. Mr. JoHXSTOX. Mr. Owens, I think what you should do is to talk to our legal counsel, whom you are going to call to the stand, and I think they can explain the legal difficulties involved, which I am not able to do. I think they will be able to explain it to your satisfaction. ^Ir. OwExs. I would be pleased to have them do it. Mr. JoHXSTOX. In the meantime, if you could settle this problem as you have the musical problem, in the next few days, I think you will have the heartfelt blessing of all industrj^, and I think all labor, too. Mr. OwExs. We did not settle the music problem necessarily, but that one point I call attention to was settled. That was the point involving legal interpretation. Mr. Kearxs. Mr. Johnston, you realize what everybody is up against in this situation is replacements. As I understand your production level, you do not have enough work to take these people back if the strike was settled? You do not have jobs for them; is that correct? Mr. JoiixsTox. Production is down now. 673S3—48—vol. 2 3