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1260 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES Mr. BoKEX. You mean how many individual collective-bargaining agreements ? Mr. McCann. No. You may answer that if you want to, first, how many individual collective-bargaining agreements are there between the producers and unions. Mr. BoEEN. With the independent unions, approximately 45. Mr. McCann. How many agreements known as basic agreements are there in the industry ? Mr. BoREN. One. Mr, McCaxx. Will you tell us when that was entered into and between whom ? Mr. BoREN. It was entered into, to the best of my recollection, in 1926. The original parties to that agreement, I believe, were the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, the Inter- national Alliance of Theati'ical Stage Employees and Motions Picture Operators of the United States and Canada, the United Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers and Decorators of America, and the Amer- ican Federation of Musicians. I may have missed one or two because I was not in the industry at that time. Mr. McCann. By the basic agreement you mean an agreement that was with the internationals and ran on yesn- to year with only changes being made in wages, hours, and working conditions; do you not? Mr. BoREX. That is true. I believe the basic agreement was gener- ally made for a period of 5 years and then renewed for periods of 5 years thereafter. Mr. McCaxx. Did that call for the issuance of a duplicate agree- ment or just a renewal notice? Mr. BoREX. It generally called for just a notice that the original agreement was renewed for an extended period. Mr. McCaxx. I hand you a document which I will ask you to please identify [handing a document to the witness]. Mr. BoREX. This purports to be the basic agreement. Mr. OwEXS. Wliat would we call that, exhibit 1 for identification ? Just for reference purposes as of today ? Mr. McCaxx. I am passing him that, sir, because it is the basic agreement which he lias just testified was in existence with five of the major internationals from 1926. Is the basic agreement still in effect with respect to any or all of the unions that you have enumerated ? Mr. BoREX. I Avould say that was a legal question that I am not qualified to answer. However, I see that this basic agreement was renewed March 25, 1942. It was renewed from March 14,1941, for a period of 5 years and 7 months, to October 13, 1946. Now the carpenters, who were a member of the basic agreement, went on strike in the spring of 1945. We canceled the existing con- tract with them by telegram. Mr. McCaxx. You canceled that, and you reinstated the carpenters on October 31,1945, to their previous jobs after canceling the contract? Mr. BoREx. We did, sir. Mr. McCaxx. And restored them to their jobs, whether you restored the contract or not ? Mr. BoREx. That is true.