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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 1295 which was tiying to ()i'<ianizo a union in the studios to take over the work which the 1AM had had^ Mr. TuoHY. Mr. Bassett was representing the Central Labor Coun- cil, yes, and there had been a movement on foot, as long as they had witiidrawn from the American Federation of Labor, to keep the studios all A. F. of L., and to organize an A. F. of L. machinists local. Mr. McCanx. That was following the directive of December 26, wliich ordered the return of the lAM people to the studios, was it not? Mr. TuoHY. Well, if it was in 1916, the directive was handed down Mr. McCanx. The 26th of December 1915. Mv. TuoHY. It would have to be after the directive, that is right. Mr. McCaxn. Now, is it not a fact that you notified your people not to handle any of the cameras, and so forth, that were to be worked on by lA^I machinists ? Mr. TuoHY. Not cameras, Mr. McCann. We had nothing to do witli the cameras. Mv. McCaxx. But you notified the teamsters they were not to handle any of the equipment that was being worked on by JAM ma- cliinists, did you not ? JNlr. TuoHY. That is right, that was automotive equipment. ]Mr. ]McCaxx. That is all, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Kearxs. Mr. Owens. Mr. OwExs. What do you mean by automotive equipment, Mr. Tuohy? Mr. TuoHY. The mechanics in the garage were members of the machinists union. I would like to make a statement on that, too. The strike that was mentioned here yesterdaj^ by Mr. Sorrell in 1911, when they Avent out for 3 days, brought very forcibly to our minds ih.a.t we wei'e in jeopardy as long as the machinists had joined the Con- ference of Studio Unions and were figuring—which was the rival organization to the basic agreement. In the 3 days that they were out, I was called up to MGM studio and they said. "You know all of our equipment is old and has to be serviced daily. Now, if your men are going to be able to continue to work we are going to have this equipment worked on." So, as I say, it was brought forcibly to our minds that if the machinists now belonging to the Conference of Studio Unions walked out on strike, it was going to jeopardize our working conditions. So we told our people so far as they could to go ahead and make any repairs tliat were necessary to keep the equipment running. That started in 1911. Fortunately they came back. They were onlj^ out for 3 days, so nothing else happened. We did not follow that through until the strikes of 1945 and 1946, wlien the machinists walked out. Even though we did want to go to work we would not be able to drive the equipment that had broken down unless somebody was in there to repair it. So it was—out of necessity to see that tlie machinery was running, we had to see that it was repaired and kej^t in running order. Mr. OwExs. In trying to keep 3'our contract with the producers.' would you say that was a part of your function ? Mr. TuoHY. Yes; definitely.