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1182 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES Also at that time there was a discussion about working out a plan of arbitrating these matters, trying to find a method and a manner, the unions themselves, to work it out, that is, as to the way arbitration should be set up in the industry. That was never worked out. At that time there were no further provisions as to the contracts made, as I recall it. Mr. McCann. Did you understand the July 2, 1946, Beverly Hills agreement to be a contract for 2 years ? Mr. Freeman. The wage scale and all that was established was based upon a 2-year period. I have just explained that. It was really at that point a wage scale for an 18 months' period, because 6 months of it had expired, although it was still retroactive. It would still run only 18 months from July 2. That was to pay the wages and give conditions under wliich the unions and crafts were working during that period of time. Mr. McCann. The next question: Did you understand the July 2, 1946, Beverly Hills agreement to be an employment contract to the carpenters from July 3, 1946? Mr. Freeman. I do not think I quite understand the question. Mr. McCann. I will read it again, sir. Did you understand the July 2, 1946, Beverly Hills agreement to be an employment of the carpenters from July 3, 1946? Mr. Freeman. No; I understood it was a continuance of the car- penters' contract, to be a continuation of the conditions and all that they worked under and had been working under. Mr. Kearns. It was not a new contract ? Mr. Freeman. We did not make a new contract at that time. Mr. McCann. You were present and were one of those who entered into this agreement at Beverly Hills, were you not? Mr. Freeman. Yes, sir. Mr. McCann. Another question is proposed by Mr. Bodle. There are three of them. Mr. Boren testified in Los Angeles that checks for carpenters and painters were prepared the day before September 23, 1946, the date of the mass discharge. You do not dispute this testimony, do you? Mr. Freeman. You say Mr. Boren testified to that effect ? Mr. McCann. That is what the question says, sir. Mr. Freeman. I say to you if Mr. Boren testified to that effect and he so stated, I accept his statement 100 percent. Mr. McCann. If you were interested in keeping the studios open and work under way as long as possible, was it not in your interest to keep the painters and carpenters at work as long as possible, par- ticularly those employed in the mill and not on the sets ? Mr. Freeman. What date are you talking about? Mr. McCann. I assume he is talking about September 1946. Mr. Freeman. Shall I answer the question based on that assump- tion? Mr. McCann. Yes. Mr. Freeman. I think Mr. Kahane made a very detailed explana- tion of that in his testimony this morning, and I will make the same statement that he made, I made it in Hollywood. We face a situation where with the intense feeling that existed in Hollywood between men and women, to the point where the lives of people were