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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 1321 Thei*e Avere no motion-picture machines manufactured in that shop. It is agreed that members of the I. A. of T. S. E. shall have jurisdiction over the setting up and taking down of motion-picture machines in such places as they are used tor exhibition purijoses. That was not involved in the agreement at all. ^Ir. Owens. "Would you say they gave you more power 1 han you had ? Mr. Brown. No. Mr. Owens. They did not take anything away from you. Mr. Brow' N. Yes, they did. Mr. Owens. They saitl you had jurisdiction of it, didn't they ? Mr. Brown. No. The taking down and putting back of the machines into the booth was always done by our people at the studios in Cali- fornia. Mr. Owens. Well, they said you had jurisdiction over it, didn't they? Mr. Brown. No. Mr. Owens. What did they say ? Mr. Brow^n (reading) : It is agreed that members of the I. A. of T. S. E. shall have jurisdiction over the setting up and taking down of motion-picture machines in such places as they are used for exhibition purposes. Mr. Owens. Well, that so far is in accordance with the said directive. Mr. Brown. That is the directive. They took that out of an agree- ment that was written to deal with motion-picture theaters. Mr. Owens. Was there any dispute prior to that time on that matter ? Mr. Brown. At the studios there was no dispute in the booths and no dispute over taking down the machines, because we always did that. Mr. Owens. You mean there had never been any dispute with any- body ? Mr. Brown. No. Mr. Owens. Who did it from March 1945 until fall, when you were not working there? Mr. Brown. Strikebreakers. Mr. Owens. Who did it? Mr. Brown. I don't know the individual. Mr. Owens. What union did it? Mr. Brown. I couldn't say. Mr. Owens. You don't know that? Mr. Brown. No; I was not there to observe. I don't know. I could give you an opinion but a moment ago, Mr. Owens, you said I should not give opinions. Mr. Oavexs. How do you know this board did not award this to someone who was doing the work at that time and whom they felt was doing it all right? Mr. Broa\'N. No, the board did not award it to them. The board only made avv-ards supposedly in behalf of the machinists, the I. A., the carpenters and the painters. Mr. Owens. Whom did tliey give that work to? Mr. Brown. Let me read that again, Mr. Owens: It is agreed that members of the I. A. of T. S. E. shall have jurisdiction over the setting up and taking down of motion-picture machines in such places as they are used for exhibition pnrijoses.