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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 1355 Mr. McCanx. Whore is that lodge located? Mr. Wayne. 161^7 Cahiienga Boulevard, Hollywood, Calif. Mr. McCanx. Is that the local union of the International Associa- tion of Machinists, which is a member organization of the Conference of Studio Unions? Mr. AVayne. It is. Mr. McCanx. How long has it been a member of that conference? Mr. Wayxe. Since the formation of the conference early in 19-1:1,1 believe, Mr. McCaxx. Is that the conference of which Mr. Herb Sorrell is the president ? Mr. Wayxe. It is, and of which I am vice president. Mr. McCaxx. When did you become vice president? Mr. Wayxe. At the inception, one of the earliest meetings. Mr. McCax-^x. And have continued to the present time? Mr. Wayxe. That is right. Mr. McCaxx. Now, Mr. Wayne, I am going to ask you to make a statement telling the experiences of your union and any factual data M'hicli you need to give with respect to the HoUj'wood situation as it involves the I AM. I only have one question that I want to ask you before you start on that statement. Did tlie directive of the Three-Man Connnittee take away from the machinists any of the functions Avhich they had prior to the strike of 1945 and which were not in dispute between the lATSE and the lAM local at the time of the inception of that strike? Mr. Wayxe. It did. It took away all service w^ork on motion- picture-projection equipment, which we had always done up until that time. Mr. McCax'x. Now, you may proceed with your statement in j^our own way. Mr. Wayne. Mr. Wayxe. Is this intended to be a full story, or just as it applies to the controversial situation out there at this time? Mr. Kearxs. I think you better confine it to the controversy out there. You may elaborate on it as you wish; that is your privilege. Mr. Wayxe. From the strike situation in 1937, at which time local 1185 received its first contract with the producers, there was a situation in the so-called prop shop at M-G-M, in which machinists were in con- troversy with the lATSE concerning jurisdiction of that shop. At that time the lATSE issued cards to machinists to work in that particuhir shop. From that time until the present, that shop has been the worst situation the machinists have been confronted with in the motion-])icture industry, aside from the developments pursuant to the three-man committee decision. It has been constantly in controversy, and there has never been a time we have been able to get the producers to follow out the terms of the original contract with the machinists which gave the machinists jurisdiction over all machinists' work in the motion-picture industry. In 194-1: it became necessary to inform the j)roducers at M-G-M that unless all machinists in that machine shop carry an 1185 card we would have to resort to direct action. A date was set, as which time I told a producer that for all those machiiiists working in there who did not have an 1185 card I would furnish them enough men to fill that shop with 1185 men.