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1168 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES Mr. McCann. Were minutes taken of that meeting? Mr, Balaban. I feel quite certain minutes were taken of that meeting, as it is the practice of the association to take minutes of its meetings. Mr. McCann. For the purpose of the record, I think that on yester- day we requested the minutes of the meetings of the presidents. I now want to request the minutes of this meeting that you referred to which took place on the 11th. Do you know who the secretary of the committee is ? Mr. Balaban. I believe Mr. Johnston testified—I was here earlier yesterday; I heard him testify—Governor Milliken was the secretary at that time. I tmderstood he would provide those minutes. Mr. McCann. That is fine. I just wanted to make sure we were asking for those as well as for the minutes of the 12th. As I under- stand, they are two different organizations ? Mr. Balaban. There was no organization meeting on the 12th, Mr. McCann. That was an emergency meeting called the night of the 11th, as I remember. It was merely a meeting of the presidents of the association, called in the office of the Motion Pictures Asso- ciation. I am sure there were no minutes kept of that meeting. There is no secretary there to keep such records and I believe Mr. Johnston's statement was quite correct. I believe he may have been a little bit confused that one was a carry-over or continuation of the other meeting. Mr. McCann. Now, as I understand the meeting of the 11th dis- cussed the problems that had arisen with respect to production in Hollywood as a result of the mandate issued by Mr. Walsh, and the clarification of the directive which had come out on the 16th of August; is that not true? Mr. Balaban. That meeting, to the best of my recollection, cov- ered the general business of the association. Mr, Byron Price was on hand in New York on a trip from the coast and he made a report to the presidents on the situation in Hollywood. It was a sort of an up-to-the-minute report. It did not embrace, I believe, certain developments of the following day because that was something that took place at 4 o'clock coast time which would have been 7 or 8 o'clock our time. Mr. McCann. Was the report of Mr. Byron Price in writing? Mr. Balaban. I don't think so; I do not recall his reading it from a written preparation. Mr. McCann. Was his report transcribed by a reporter or secretary ? Mr. Balaban. We had no reporters present and I do not believe the secretary would take it down and transcribe it. Mr. McCann. Could you give us at this time your recollection of the report by Mr. Bja^on Price to the committee on the 11th of September ? Mr. Balaban. Frankly, I cannot; because I do not remember the details of that report to us. It was not a very clear report nor was it encouraging. I only have a general impression of his remarks and it lasted only a very few minutes. Mr. McCann. Could you give us a summary of the substance of his remarks ? Mr. Balaban. No; I wish I could. I do not recall them.