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1288 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES Mr. TuoHY. No; I do not. Mr. McCann. Did you participate in any of these discussions and express any opinions? Mr. TuOHY. None other than what I believe I have already stated here, that we wanted the studios kept open, and that we wanted our people to be allowed to go to work. Other than that I was not in- terested in the jurisdictional angle between the other unions. Mr. McCann. Mr. Tuohy, would you mind telling us what your salary was when you were the head of the teamsters' union in Holly- wood ? Mr. TuoHY. $175 a week. Mr. McCann. When did you begin your negotiations with the pro- ducers for the job which you now hold ? Mr. TuoHY. I never had any negotiations with the producers re- garding the job I now hold. Mr. McCann. Well, with the people who employed you ? Mr. TuOHY. I would say it was around INIarch of 1946. Mr. McCann. With whom did you discuss that at that time ? Mr. Tuohy. Mr. Charles Skouras. Mr. McCann. Did you talk to Mr. Schenck? Mr. Tuohy. I did, and it was in Mr. Schenck's office that I first met Mr. Skouras. Mr. McCann. Will you identify which Schenck it was? Mr. Tuohy. Joseph Schenck. Mr. McCann. And Mr. Joseph Schenck is an officer in the corpora- tion you are now employed by? Mr. Tuohy. That is right. Mr. McCann. How far did the negotiations go in March of 1946 ? Mr. Tuohy. They offered me the position I now hold and I went out there to discuss it with them. Mr. McCann. Did you agree to accept it at that time ? Mr. Tuohy. No : I did not. Mr. INIcCann. Would 3^ou mind telling us why? Mr. Tuohy. No. 1. because we were still in negotiations for wage scales and conditions for local 399. Until we had completed that, I told them we would not be interested. Mr. McCann. And what was local 399 ? Mr. Tuohy. Studio transportation drivers. Mr. McCann. Did you organize about that time the theater man- agers of the west-coast chain as a local ? Mr. Tuohy. I did not. Mr. McCann. Were you instrumental in the organization of the theater managei-s along the west coast there ? Mr. Tuohy. I was not. Mr. McCann. Was a local organized by the theater managers ? Mr. Tuohy. It was. Mr. McCann. Was it affiliated with the teamsters? Mr. Tuohy. It was. Mr. McCann. Who handled that ? Mr. Tuohy. Raymond Mahanev was the man in charge of that. Mr. McCann. Does that local still exist? Mr. Tuohy. No ; it does not. Mr. McCann. What was the history of that local ?