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1298 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES Mr. Owens. What happened with respect to tlie contract that was bemg negotiated by the time they approached you to become an em- ployee of the studio ? Mr. TuoHY. The agreement was consummated, that is, for wages and hours. It was one of those agreements mentioned here yesterday, and had some years to run of the original 5-year date, but for the last 2 years we were negotiating the wages, hours, and conditions of that contract. * Mr. OA\^isrs. Oh, that is the one that was finally consummated in the so-called treaty of Beverly Hills in July of 1946, then? Mr. TuoHT. No. The treaty of Beverly Hills was to take care of the striking unions. Although we had been in negotiations for some months when this strike came on we stepped aside and were in attend- ance at the meeting, where the other unions, the striking unions, were given the increase they asked for and then returned to work. But we stepped aside at that time and then resumed negotiations after they were all taken care of. Mr. Owens. Was that treaty with them with respect to wages and hours ? Mr. TuoiiY. That is right. Mr. O^^^ENS. Then you completed your negotiations during the next month after that with respect to wages and hours also ? Mr. Ttjoiiy. That is right. Mr. Owens. And after that it was probably August of 1946 that was completed, is that correct? Mr. TuoiiY. That is right. Mr. Owens. Then within the next month you made your agree- ment with the studios ? Mr. TuoHY. No; the treaty of Beverly Hills moi'e or less settled the wages, hours, and conditions at that time. I thought you were referring to the following month when we concluded our negotiations with the producers, somewhere around the latter part of August or 1st of September, whichever it was. I do not recall. Mr. Omt.ns. Then it was after you concluded your negotiations that you joined the studio? Mr. TuoHY. No. Mr. Owens. That is, you made your contract with the studio, rather ? Mr. TuoHY. No. Mr. Owens. You mentioned you did that about September of 1946. Mr. TuoHY. The contract Mr. McCann showed me today was drawn up and signed after I had gone to work, on January 10, according to the contract he showed me. But I had reached an understanding with them in the first meeting I had with Mr. Schenck and Mr. Charles Skouras, and other members of the Fox West Coast, and Mr. Lahaney. We agreed to terms at that time. Mr. McCann. That was in April of 1946 ? Mr. TuoHY. Yes; I believe in April of 1946. • I then went back to Chicago to the American Federation of Labor convention to report to Mr. Tobin. I explained the negotiations we had had with the producers; the increases we had received for the men, had him approve it, and then I told him I would like to be free to go take the other position. But he asked me to wait until at least the first of the year and that I agreed to do.