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JUKISDICTIONAL DISPUTES IN THE MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1948 House of Representatives, Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, Washington^ D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to adjournment, at 10 a. m., before Hon. Carroll D. Kearns, chairman of the special subcommittee. Mr. Kearns. The hearing will come to order, please. As our first procedure this morning, I would like to have counsel read into the record the minutes of the Miami meeting. Following that we will have testimony from Mr. Doherty on the directive that was handed down by the three-man committee. Will counsel read those minutes as quickly as possible at this time, so we will have them for the record ? Mr. McCann. Mr. Chairman, they are rather voluminous. I want to say that these minutes have been furnished by Morris Hutcheson, the vice president of the carpenters' union, and are photostats of the Miami minutes. I will not read sections of it which apparently do not refer to the controversy in Hollywood, nor will I read the index which is at the beginning of these minutes. Mr. Kearns. That is right, cut it down to that part that is pertinent to this hearing. Mr. McCann. Starting with page 52 of the photostatic record of the minutes [reading] : President Maloney, of the International Union of Operating Engineers, made a statement to the counsel protesting that the engineers have approximately 40 men in the motion-pictiu'e industry in Hollywood, and that when the committee went out there and made a decision, through an error made by the counsel, the operating engineers were not mentioned in tlie I'eport of the committee. President Maloney stated that he then contacted President Green and President Green promised to call the committee in Los Angeles and instruct them to listen to the represenative of the engineers. President Maloney stated he is not criticizing the committee in any manner but the committee had this meeting and when tlie engineer appeared to present his case about the work he is entitled to in the motion-picture industry they would not hear him because the committee contended the engineers were not on the list mentioned in the order which the executive council gave to this committee. President Maloney stated he wanted to enter a complaint that since this report was made there have been about 40 engineers who have lost their jobs. President Maloney stated he wanted the council to revise the order that was given to this committee, and he believes he can settle his case agreeably. Vice President Tobin asked who has these engineers now. President Maloney replied that the teamsters have some and the electrical workers have some. Secretary-Treasurer Meany stated that it was no accident that the engineers were not included in the order, but that the council confined the work of the 67S83—48—vol.2 6 1117