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)

1078 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES Mr. DuLLZELL. I would like to amplify that, Mr. McCann, if I mi^ht be permitted to do so. Mr. JNIcCann. We would like to have it, sir. Mr. DuLLZELL. I think it might be a very interesting sidelight. The American Arbitration Association, under whose auspices all of our arbitrations are held, really believes that the Actors Equity Asso- ciation is responsible for the position and the status that it occupies today because the American Arbitration Association in its early days was attempting to obtain clients and the Actors Equity Association was really the first union that accepted voluntary arbitration and built it into our contracts. It has been in all of our contracts ever since. We are very proud of the feeling that the American Arbitration Association has for the Actors Equity Association. We really did pioneer and we really did lead the way for the other unions who have since considered and adopted arbitration. Mr. McCaxx. Mr. Chairman, the reason I wanted to ask these ques- tions—and I think you will appreciate their importance—is that when you sent me to New York to see Mr. DuUzell several months ago I reported to you I was impressed with the fine background and the excellent record which Mr. Dullzell and his associates showed me with respect to their labor relations. I thought we ought to have this in the record as a background for the testimony which he will give us liere as international president of the Associated Actors and Artistes of America. Mr. Kearns. How many people does he represent ? Mr. McCaxx. Would you tell us that, sir? Mr. Dullzell. Something like 80,000. We represent all branches of the entertainment world. We represent the legitimate theater, grand opera, the screen, the radio, the night clubs, vaudeville, the Hebrew Actors Union, the Hungarian Actors, as well as the Italian Actors. Mr. Kearx^s. You know your family, I see. Mr. Dullzell. Fairly well, Mr. Kearns; yes, sir. Mr. McCaxx. Now, JSIr. Dullzell, I wish that you would turn to the jurisdictional strife in Hollywood and in your own way give us any statement that you are prepared to furnish here. We thank you for coming down. We know it is quite a chore to you and we appreciate your volunteering to do so. Mr. Dullzell. I want to help, Mr. McCann, as I think everyone concerned in this unfortunate situation wants to, but they do not seem to be able to do much about it. I really have not any statement to make regarding the Hollywood jurisdictional war except that it has involved a branch of my interna- tional, the Screen Actors Guild, to the extent that it has resulted in the loss of considerable employment. Indeed, I have had cases of hardship brought to my attention where people have really lost their homes. There has been great violence displaj^ed. The whole thing has been a terrible situation, as far as the motion-picture industry is concerned. Millions of dollars have been lost in wages and more millions have been lost by producers. I understand there has not been a picture produced under normal conditions in Hollywood for 2 years. We had hoped at the convention of the A. F. of L., in October 1946, that the resolution which the Associated Actors and Artistes of America